The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-06-02
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20 .-,,s- Our (iOnfelcrate Dead.

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teGlN rSlnla, to act as agent for the OBJ
]ect to which the subjoincd circular re.
Iates, respectfully represents TO his coun.
trymcn ofSouth Carolina that, accord.
ing TO letters received from the son CT
the lady, by'whom this pious work was
heSnn, there has been already secured
lot Olive acres of ground, adjoining the
public cemetery of that town, and to be
lnclosed within the same wall, and plac
ed under the care of the council More
than $4,000 ofthe $4,000 needed for
the completion of that plan have been
collected from the people of that place
alone, whose Inhabitants are giving also
Their personal labor, in gratuitous effort
tor the remova of the thousands of the
bodies OF our noble dead from the spots
where they are ying, many Of them
scarcely beneath the ground on the nu.
mcrous battle-felds in a radius of Is
miles around that often assaulted gate
OF the late Confederacy. 1t is estimated
that there are not fewer than $500 of
these precious remains of departed he
roeS, Of which more than 800 have al
ready been identified as from our State.
The Cemetery Is laid out in oval
spaces, one for each of the States, whose
sons have fallen in that neighborhood.
The four central ofthese spaces are as.
signed to the bodies of those whose
names cannot be ascertained, nor
whence they came. In the midst of
the whole area, first above these fonr
spaces, will be erected, in better days, a
monument with the inscription suggest.
ed by Bishop, Elliott of Georgia, "Io the
unhnown and rnrecordcd dead"-.and to
the whole C'liaetery is given the name
OF the great and good "Slonewall."
Tho United States Government has
large force of men employedin collecting
tEeit many dead in the valley and are
bnryng them in a cemetery in close
proximity 10 ours. We feel a natural
desire that the contrast between the
Two should not he to our disadvantages
Our people surely will not be wanting
IN this only witness now left to us of
gratitude for the illustrious martyrs who
laid down their lives for us. The fair
hands, which have recently been strcw.
ing on many a hallowed spot of our
blood.stained land the sweetest flowers
and garlands Of evergreen, We cannot
apprehend will neglect the graves of
those who fell far away from home, with
no tear OF the loved one TO budew the
dying check, nor even to :nois;en the
earth where the lifeless are lying. The
hearts Of our women, beating high
throughout our recent struggle, with the
pulses OF an exalted patriotism, will
now no less truly in response to this ap,
peal--and our men, yielding as ever TO
the rlghtlul influences emanating from
such source, will give what in their
poverty they can to aid the sons and
daughters of the sold Dominion" in this
tribute of respect to the memories
oil our "best and bravest." y4ui ,f 'riI,
."Fhe ornamentation Of the grounds,
and the care to be taken Of them, will, Of
course, depend very nuch' says the son
Of The lady who originated this move
ment, ION the funds placed at our dispos
AL al BY the people If thc States represent.
cd 1t seems eminently proper that in
Winchester, itself the scene Of at least
as many conflicts as any one place in
our country, and atthe threshold of that
valley, which must eyer !, live in the