FUNERAL OF LIEUTENENANT JOHNSON. – The funeral of Lieutenant Peyton Johnson, Jr., of Richmond, an officer of the Fayette Artillery, killed in the action of June 1st, took place yesterday morning from the Monumental Church, and was largely attended. The interment was made in Hollywood, that fast growing city of the dead, populated by the victims of this war.
From Scribners Monthly, July 1877
On leaving the college grounds, the attention of the visitor is naturally directed to Hollywood Cemetery by the lofty pyramidal pile of Richmond granite erected therein to the memory of the Confederate dead. This beautiful cemetery is situated at the western extremity of the city, overlooking the lower rapids of the James River. Here lies President Monroe, under the plainest of iron cenotaphs; and here the great Virginia cavalry officer, Jeb Stuart, with hundreds of his fellow-officers and thousands of Confederate soldiers.
"After the war closed the condition of the Confederate graves in Hollywood cemetery was so deplorable that a general call was extended to all ex-Confederate soldiers in Richmond to volunteer to put them in condition. At the time appointed great numbers assembled at the Cemetery for the purpose, including very many old cadets." - Thomas Hughes, 1904
We took Richmond at a quarter past eight this morning. I captured many guns. The enemy left in great haste. The city is on fire in one place. Am making every effort to put it out. The people received us with enthusiastic expressions of joy. General Grant started early this morning with the army towards the Danville road, to cut off Lee’s retreating army if possible.
President Lincoln has gone to the front.
T. S. BOWERS, Acting Adjutant General.
"The city was in great confusion. No one seemed to be concerned about it. Barrels of whisky had been emptied into the street drains, while many dipped it from the gutters and drank it. After crossing the Mayo bridge, it seemed that the entire city was ablaze. The magnificent flouring mills, the Gallagher and the Haxall, were ablaze, and there was apparently no effort to extinguish the flames. No pen can adequately portray it. I don’t like to discuss it, and give the foregoing as record for history." - H.H. Sturgis, Sanford FL - Confederate Veteran
“There seems to be some dispute as to what soldiers or command of soldiers was the last to leave Richmond on the morning of the 3d of April, 1865. My recollection is that Phillips’s Georgia Legion Infantry were the rear guard and the last soldiers to leave that city on that day. When this command crossed the bridge over the James River, the bridge was on fire in many places on each side, and we had to run with all our might and shinney from side to side of the bridge to keep from being burned to death. No other soldiers could have crossed this bridge after we did. This command left camp near Drury’s Bluff about twelve o’clock Sunday night, April 2, 1865, and reached Richmond a little after daylight Monday morning. I was captain of the Greene Rifles, Company A, Phillips’s Georgia Legion Infantry. Does any other old veteran remember differently?” - D.B. Sanford, Milledgeville GA - Confederate Veteran
supposedly, they are only doing european tour dates, but there's GOTTA be some U.S. dates eventually. if not, i'm booking a flight to some random country!
faith no more was my all-time favorite band for most of my teen years. i fell in love with them in 1990 when i first saw the video for "epic" on MTV. from that moment on, i totally wanted to be in a band and thought mike patton was the coolest dude ever. their album "the real thing" was the first cassette i ever bought. (yes, that's right. CASSETTE.)
anyway, i geeked out. i just counted and i have 22 faith no more cds including studio albums, EPs, singles, and even a few bootlegs. out of control.
