Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-07

The Chattanooga correspondent oi 1he Cin'
einnsd commeTsiaI writes:
Il viii afford the families of deceased soldiers
and the public e. l=sge great pleasure 70 lear
that the proposition ssue time ago made g e.
iablish in tbs vicinity national esmetsry and
erect fitting monHmsat-to ths fallen brave 81
| Chicamauga End Chattanooga, has now iEken
| tangible form, svd uay Be Looked UPON ~
certainty. There are buried Ia ChstfsHooes
/ snd its Immediate neiRhborhood. II Il egt mslpc
| tuily tao shOusand Uuion soldiers, who mss
/ heir desth 10 battle OF from wounds and sick
ness Tha collection ef the remains OF these
| brsvs patriots from the various reeeptscles ti1
rhs dead, and their raintsrmsat IN one comnof
censtsry has for weeks ueen andeF e0nsideEs
ion BY On Thomas aud other military Hen,
ss well ss facegs of tho United States CHRIST
lsn Commission. The ls's post eommandAni
Col PaTkEurst. OF the 9h Michigan, selected r
spot Rear For Weed, which Wss lsid cut sno
sgyied the United Sls,ss eemstsTy An eEdeE
was issued fer ;hs renewal Of 81 bodies ifom
sgher burial plats ts this One, ihe work 70 o.
Under the supervision Of Post Chsplsin
Van Horne This had been partially zesen-
plishsd when if was found that sUfh ieas gfound
cpaid not be had &c mabe tbs agsueEai Gene
lsry fer tie soliIsrs. The eonss quencs Is iha.
The original plan hss b5sn abandoned snd
rev one sdeps-d,
The plan now adopted is one Of some magni-
tude, outs neVsTtbelrls, one witch Gen. Thomas
viii carry oUi fully Immedislely 20 he souif
Of the town, aud only & en- hGhdFed yards iFuns
tas railresd y : hil. or knoa, the summit
which f03 fnel gsoFe the level Of the TeHnss-
s=s, with . gTadusi siope on sli sides Of the val
ley. The bill comprises about fity acres, and
Is sduirsbly 6sged tor shs pufposo inlended
IBIS j. tho site thai il selected The bill Hii
be iGd out as national esnsiTy on the summit
Of y hich will he erected M nament eigh.y feet
high, with pTob-bly base Of eighty ls-t The
tsonumsRs will be Of pyrsmidsl shape, con-
su8efed OF = superior quality Of stone. and,
whsu ccmpie ed, viii De splendid work Of at.
Around the monument, q circular road viii be
made and ihg ground tsslefUlIy oruamented
sith shats trees and eVergTeens. The plsls
viii be iormed in circular shsps, Il i5 said, with
view t0 more stnkilg effect. Unlike Get
.ysbuIg, tie dead viii be inferred Promiseuous-
" and al the graves NUMBERED and mNk q
III b tks nsme, rank sad regiment Of the silens
sleeper.
Gsa Thomas ASS placed ths supervision Of
the work in ths hands Ct Chaplain Vsn Horn,
Who IS actively eagsgsd in dstailing masous
and Workmen from the various regiments Of the
aTuay, with . view 10 completing ghe cemetery
this winter. Tho pTepsrstIon Of toe ground has
hsen intrRsted to che supervision o. LisEleuAnt
BroTu, Of ibs lS / Uailsd States infantry who
has rtE1y commented operations Pizus sad
diagrams ass being prepared, and when com
plesed, reference viii be made - the Ha,k a.
lanyih. This monument - purely a soldiers
work. All ibe expense is borne and the work
performed by the soldisrs OF tbs army IF the
Cumbe5iaad, who Iszs ths msshod Of peTpesU-
sfiBg tie memory Of thsu brave comrades WHO
hsve fsllen in defs1se OF t6s Consultation and
tbe Union