Word: richmonds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...nine lectures on the "Campaigns of the Civil War," its special subject being the second battle of Bull Run. This battle grew out of Gen. Pope's failure to occupy the Confederate armies under Gen. Jackson and Gen. Longstreet, until the army of the Potomac, then operating about Richmond, could meet Lee's army. Gen. Gordon began his lecture by describing the strategic movement of "Stonewall" Jackson from his position on the south bank of the Rappahannock to northward and eastward to Manassas Junction, thereby cutting off Pope's communications from his base of supplies. This took place...
...beautiful valley, with its musical Indian name, Roanoke, lie the remains of the distinguished Revolutionary general, Andrew Lewis, the famous Indian fighter of his time and the hero of the battle of Point Pleasant on the Ohio, whose statue is one of the proud group around Washington Monument in Richmond. On the same hill lie the remains of a Christian Choctaw who came from beyond the Father of Waters to study at Roanoke College. And this year an Indian who also came from beyond the Mississippi goes forth from the college "not in the war paint of the savage warrior...
...Pennsylvania, and he has talked seriously recently of giving up baseball and going back to finish his course. Humphries, who caught for the League team here the last season, is a Cornell man, and Mountain who has been pitching for a Western club, was a student at Union. Richmond, the left-banded pitcher, was a Brown man, and, when he joined the Worcesters first the college catcher went with him. The Brown pitcher some years back, Saulsbury, played with professional clubs for several years, and a representative of Princeton, a gentleman with the euphonious name of Funkhouser, was for some...
Then the intercollegiate association must not be forgotten. This association has furnished for me of the most promising of the new material that has blossomed on the professional diamond this season. Jones of Yale virtually won the championship for the Athletics. Richmond, as is well known, is a graduate of Brown, and Hubbard is a Yalensian, Coolidge of Harvard has received offers for the last three seasons to join the professional ranks. Sawyer of Clevelands is a college graduate, Bassett of the Browns is thought of as an acquisition for the Providences, while Baker, the Harvard short stop, a fine...
...RICHMOND PARSONS,Manager...