The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-12
An Appeal for the Unrecorded
Dead.

To ALL TRUE HEARTED WOMEN AND MEN
WHO WOULD RESCUE FROM OBLIVION
THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE, WHO
DIED IN Defence OF HOME
AND COUNTRY.
THE LADIES MEMORIAL 44SSOCLA
TON or FREDERIGKSB URG, "a,
Present this Appeal. The stern pressur'
of military necessity made it impossible
properly, to care for the remains of thu
Gallant dead who fell on the bloody fields
of Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Chance
louisville. Spotsylvania Court House, and il
scores of skirmisbes, which, lin a war les'
terrible, would have been reckoned bat
ties.
Our Association proposes to preserve {
record, and, as far as possible, mark the
snot where every Confederate soldier il
hurled in this vicinity, whether he fell or
these memorable fields, or otherwise dice
in the service. To the bereaved through
ont our suffering South we pledge ourselves
TO spare no exertion to accomplish this
work
In land stripped of enclosures and for
ests. desolated and impoverished as ours
we cannot, without aid, guard these graves
from exposure and possible dissertation
we can only cover them with our native
sod, and with piious care garland them
with the wild flowers from the fields. But
with the generous aid and cordial co-opera
ton of those who have suffered less, but
who feel as deeply as we do on this sub
Jet, we confidently hope to accomplish
far more: to purchase and adorn Gene
terry; to remove thither the sacred dust
scattered all over this region, and to erect
some enduring tribute to the memory Of
our gallant dead.
Shall that mobile army of martyrs who
for four years of toll and suffering, bore in
triumph the Conquered Banner" from
Chattanooga to Gettysburg. sleep on the
fields of their fame unnoticed and I'M
known? Shall their very names pass from
the knowledge of the living, to be treas
ured only in the mind of Him to whom
the memory of the just is precious ?"
What spot so appropriate for the last
resting place of these heroes, as some com.
handing eminence overlooking the ever
memorable plain of fredericksburg? And
what nobler work for the hearts and hands
of Southern women, than upon its summit
to rear monument to the unrecorded
Confederate dead which, through all time,
shall testify to the gratitude Of the people
for whom they so gloriously died? AS no
State, and scarcely a town or county
throughout the limits Of the late Confeder-
acy is unrepresented on these battle fields,
may we not hope that the cooperation re-
quired in order to accomplish our holy
work, will be as universal
An act of the Legislature of Virginia will
be obtained incorporating our Association,
so that the property may be held perpetu-
ally dedicated to its sacred uses.
We solicit such contributions as the APP
preciative sympathy Of friends in all parts
of our country, and of the world, will ex-
tend us. So soon as sufficient means are
obtained, our Association will proceed to
purchase and improve grounds appropriate
for q Cemetery, and remove thither the
remains of the honored dead
Our Association, although its organiza.
ton is but recent, has been enabled to res
cue from oblivion the names and places of
burial of many of the noble spirits who fell
upon the fields OF Fredericksburg, Chan
cellorsville, the Wilderness, etc. The Oh
jeets of the Association will be pressed for
ward as rapidly as the requisite means are
procured. All auxiliary societies which
may be formed, are requested to correspond
with our Association; and should they de-
sire their contributions TO be specially APP
propriated to the graves of any individual
or of any particular State or section, the
hust will be sacredly discharged. Any
one may become Life Member of this AS
ISOLATION by the contribution of Ten
Dollars.
Donations should be sent to Mrs. j. II.
WALLACE, President, or DR. F. P. WELL
FORD, Treasurer. They Will be duly ac-
knowledged.
Mrs JOHN Fl. WALLACE,
President.
Address,
MISS ANN JANE CARTER,
Corresponding Secretary,
Fredericksburg, Virginia.