The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-04-30
KENOsHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, APRIL 80, 1868.

Some of the monuments have been erected
at great expense and in good taste. Among
them are a number Of tombs, the ground be
ing like that of Mount Auburn, finely adapt
ed to them. Again on the higher points arr
imposing monuments of different kinds o
marble and each having a distinctive chafac-
ter. The walks in very many of the lots en-.
closed, are paved with small sea shells, anC
the borders adorned with a variety of the
larger species of sea shells which are usee
with us as parlor ornaments. There Is one
little monument among the others that nc
parent could pass without having pain. BY
a neat monument which tells all that memory
and grief could express, is a glass urn, per-
haps three feet high; under this are arranged
in order all the playthings Of the loved and
early lost. Here was her doll beside the lit
tie table with the little china tea set Oh, hel
tiny thimble lying beside the work, in which
was the undrawn needle still threaded the
little silver laced slippers and a great many
other things worn by her in life as well as
costly toys-all these were just as they had
been placed there by the hands of some dear,
heart broken mother, years ago. No rude
hand had molested them, and no doubt many
a poor soldier had stood there with tears
c%oursing down his bronzed face thinking OF
his own loved ones in his far off home. The
whole cemetery is tastefully laid off into
winding avenues, and throughout there Is a
profusion of %shrubbery and ornamental trees.
Death here divides the rebel from the I'm
ion soldiers the same as in life. On the east
side of a gentle slope the rebels have buried
their dead soldiers. They lie along in rows,
as near as they can be buried. Over the head
of each is a cross piece on which is a tablet
containing the initials, the name of the COM
pany, regiment and State. On the other side
of the hill facing the west were the mounds
and corpses of the Union soldiers. The dis
lance that separated them cannot be over
twenty or thirty rods. In going from here
to the city we passed over the site of the reb-
ell camp. 1t was very extensive and the ar
my must have been large.
a day or two afterwards while walking
near the city [ came to an open space upon
which there were a great many cypress trees.
Not far off among the trees l noticed two or
three colored men with a horse and cart. On
reaching them | passed a great many graves
all small ones. These were those of color
ed children, all buried by themselves. On
reaching these men | found one standing with
a. book in his hand and his hat removed from
his head. From his appearance / judged him
to be a minister. IL the cart there We're four
rude cofins-two of adults, very large, and
two small. One of the other men | shou i
think was the father ofone of the children and
the third person was the driver. The minis
ter appeared to be very simple and good. He
told me it was the cemetery for colored per-
sons-that the two small collins contained
children and the others men found dead that
morning in stables. On inquiry he told me
that he could not learn how or by what means
they came to their death, but that their heads
were all smashed up. This was his own eX-
preston. lie turned to me and said, "do you
think it is right for me to bury these men
without knowing who killed them and what
they were killed for p l told him [ certainly
thought there should be an Investigation
He said it was an every day affair and thai
it was very much against his feeling to burr
mutiIated bodies which were. brought there
like dumb brutes. This man was well dress
ed, long straight black hair, with none of the
negro delineation. He spoke with thought
and deep feeling and l think was a sincere
christian. l turned away with the reflection
and belief that the amount of white blood
shed already and to be shed, will far exceed
that of black blood, and that it will ever be
so, SO long as the two races are suffered to re-
may be that this rebellion, in the hands OF
providence, is to work out a separation OF the
chaff from the wheat-that the bondman will
be set free-removed to a climate and coun-
try c~ongenial to his nature, and where he can
enjoy, free from the lash, the position evident
ly intended for him by the creator.