Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . y women and noted men. Of coursethe handsome young soldier loved her—most men did. Theywere married but a short while when wedding chimes changedto wars alarums. Ives was of Northern family, but asso-ciation made him Southern in sentiment, and he took hiswife and young children toRichmond. There he washailed as an acquisition andgiven position as chief en-gineer on General Lees he held with credituntil he was transferred, atthe Presidents personal re-quest, to his own staff asengineer aide-de-camp. Mr. [Davis had known the Ivescouple in Washing
Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . y women and noted men. Of coursethe handsome young soldier loved her—most men did. Theywere married but a short while when wedding chimes changedto wars alarums. Ives was of Northern family, but asso-ciation made him Southern in sentiment, and he took hiswife and young children toRichmond. There he washailed as an acquisition andgiven position as chief en-gineer on General Lees he held with credituntil he was transferred, atthe Presidents personal re-quest, to his own staff asengineer aide-de-camp. Mr. [Davis had known the Ivescouple in Washington andassigned the husband todouble duty, of which partdevolved upon his wife. Be-sides discussing engineeringproblems and the defenses, Mr. Davis found the elegance of this couple such that he turnedover to them the entertainment and care of distinguishedforeigners whom interest or curiosity brought into the steel-walled capital. The soldiers of fortune, those of sympathyand the correspondents of the foreign press were met in COLONEL JOSEPH C. IVES lis BELLES, BEAUX AND BBAINS OF THE SIXTIES Ivess home. That it was not classed as a salon was prob-ably due to its official character as a detached segment of theWhite House. When the Marquis of Hartington, accompanied by LordEdward St. Maur, made that semi-official visit to Richmond which so disquieted the Northfor a space, the noblemenwere placed in entire chargeof Colonel and Mrs. they were well contentwith the result is Mrs. Ives visited Lon-don, post-bellum, Hartington,then Duke of Devonshire,promptly found her out andoffered her the courtesiesof the peers gallery of theHouse of Lords. The Ives home was an openand much sought one, youngand old alike admiring thehandsome pair and their love-ly sister, Mrs. Clara Semmes Fitzgerald. This charming eldersister had married Lieutenant William B. Fitzgerald, of theold navy. He promptly resigned, was made colonel in thearmy and given defense of the furthes
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