noon
`` Come toward the hotel , '' said Talbot to his friends ; `` Morgan and some of the great men of Kentucky who are with him have been there all night . That 's where the procession starts . '' Nothing loath , they followed him , and stayed about the hotel , talking with acquaintances and exchanging the news of the morning . Meanwhile the brilliant day deepened and at noon the time for the festivities to begin was at hand . The redoubtable cavalry leader , whose fame was rivaling that of Stuart and Wood , came forth from the hotel , his friends about him , and the grand procession through the streets was formed . First went the Armory Band , playing its most gallant tunes , and after that the city Battalion in its brightest uniform . In the first carriage sat General Morgan and Mayor Joseph Mayo of Richmond , side by side , and behind them in carriages and on horseback rode a brilliant company ; famous Confederate Generals like J. E. B. Stuart , Edward Johnson , A. P. Hill and others , Hawes , the so-called Confederate Governor of Kentucky , and many more .