The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-06-06
REPORTED FOR THE LEpGER.1
Erection of the Monument of Buford's
Battle Ground.

Battle Ground.
We repaired TO the spot where lay moul.
dering in the dust the bohes Of those noble
aud patriotic Virgiuians, who lost their
lives on the 29,h Of May 1880, nine miles
East of Lancaster Village, on Saturday last.
We found a g"odly number OF people gath
cred TO take part in the proceedings of the
day. .... .-.-
About II o'clock the meeting was called
t" order by MIR. Stephen II. Small, und
opened with very appropriate prayer by
Rev. G. A. Plyler.
After the meeting was organized,
J. WithsrSp0on, Esq, made a few prrIimi.
nary remarks stating the object Of the
TO erect n monument in honor of the brave
dead. who had for SD many years tenanted
their silent home, without n stone to mark
the spot where they lay. Mr. w. proceed
ed TO show that ancaster District was not
negligent or ungrnleful, and in proof of this
read an able Report. made SOME years since
relative to the same subject, but for rea-
sons unknown was never carried out Mr..
ence Rev. ID. p. Robinson, " no enchainrd
his hearers for three quarters of All hour.
Mr. Robinson commenced as follows
We have assembled, as an act of graft
soldiers who fell nj this pace. And tradi
ton, if not history, will hand down to pos
terily what we This day are doing. The
brave and gallant men that fell here had
come from that noble and patriotic Stale,
the mother Of States and of great men,
TO fight our battles and in returning they
fell. He was proud TO say they fell in Ian
caster District, among people who fel'
grateful to Il EN- and have met this da, TO
show H. They fell in astruggle for liberty.
fighting for our whOLe country They did
not fight for themselves, but for posreriy
The pitifml tax upon tea WIS nothing; they
resisted because it was not for themselves
alone they fought but for generations vet
unborn this tax was only beginning of
nggreSsinns and by resisting this, they
achieved for us this glorious RepIblic.-
Those noble patriots never dreamed that
this glorious country would be 80 distrac-
ted divided by party strife, as now. We
we're then unit, and each man done his
duty and his whole duty.
Mr.. r. in an able argument took very dc.
cided grounds ng, inst Squarter Sovereignty.
Recommended direct trade and non inter
course; that our merchants should bLv
their good in Charleston, and if they did
not, we should not purchase from them
He further recommended the South to live
independent, eject factories, brild railroads
on the North. aad We are ready for any
thing.
Mr. Robinson's address was very able, in
structive and eloquent, and will long he re-
membrrrd by those who heard it, We are
conscious Of not having done jnstlcc to 1t
in this hurried outline and imperfect sketch.
After recess Of one hour the company
again assembled and formed around the
The Battle Ground is lne mile. Eas, Of
Lau"aster Village, onthe Rocky River road
about 100 yards South "f the place where
the Chesterfield road crosses the river road.
A stranger travelling the Rocky River road
can learn of the battle in n , succinct way
from the inscription on the monument
The Monument is in thre. pieces, the
base il n sqHare block nf sandstone. on this
rests another square block # marble, and
on this the shaft, solid block of marble
some 30 inches nt the base and taper. mp
10 feet in pyramidnl form, the heigh, from
base TO top is about ID feet. The inscrip-
ton dcineated on the several sides is a.
follows: