Dr. Rawley Martin is seated at the center front of a group of Confederate veterans being honored by the Rawley Martin Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, at a dinner in 1910 in Chatham, Virginia. (Photograph from Maud Carter Clement, War Recollections of the Confederate Veterans of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Rawley Martin Chapter UDC, Chatham, Virginia, 1961, p. 77.
The photograph is also found in the Preston B. Moses Collection, printed in the Thursday, August 12, 1976 edition of the Star-Tribune. The caption as written by Preston Moses is: “These are Confederate veterans, gathered for a dinner in 1910 given in their honor by the Rawley Martin Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Seventh from the left is Col. Rawley Martin, hero of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. Pittsylvania men, in Armistead's Brigade, bore the brunt of the attack. This dinner is remembered by many more people than can boast a grandfather in the group, for it provided an oft-told tale: Nilla [Bennett] Tredway fell into the coffee vat.”
The following accounts were published in the Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia:
The Rawley Martin Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, will on the last day of September celebrate the birthday of Colonel Rawley W. Martin with proper exercises. An interesting program has been arranged, after which the veterans will be served dinner in the Neal & Dixon Warehouse.
– Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, September 16, 1910
Birthday Celebration.
Daughters of Confederacy Entertain in Honor of Colonel Rawley Martin.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Chatham, Va., September 30. – The seventy-fifth anniversary of the birth of Colonel Rawley W. Martin was celebrated with appropriate exercises, under the auspices of the Rawley Martin Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. The large warehouse was decorated with Confederate colors. Rev. James Poindexter, of Richmond, lifelong friend of Colonel Martin, was the speaker of the occasion. Short addresses were made by Dr. L .E. Harvey, of Danville, and Rev. Chiswell Dabney.
Colonel Martin, in a few remarks and with much feeling, expressed his high appreciation. A poem, by Duval Porter, of Cascade, and dedicated to Colonel Martin, was read by Captain W. B. Hurt. Rev. C. O. Pruden presided. The veterans were sumptuously served after the speaking.
– Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, October 1, 1910
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