Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-18

Clergy and Press.
rs Speakers and Singers.
Surviving members Of g Stonewall'' Brigade
Surviving soldiers Of the late G. s. Army
Ladies bearing flowers.
~sss Sabbath Schools bearing flowers.
M Schools bearing flowers. e
Pupils of the D. D. & B. Institute.
- Citizens generally.
The procession moved in this order t.
the music of the q stonewaH' BAUD, down
Beverly Street to Augusta, up Augusta te
Frederick, up Frederick to Lewis and down
Lewis to the Episcopal Methodist Church.
The exercises in the Church were opened
by an appropriate prayer by Rev. e. L.
Busey, and the singing Of
ea Hark to the solemn bell"
and consisted in addresses and vocal music in
the following order: sge
Address by Col. Jas. H. Skinner.
Music Vacant Chair"
Address by Capt. Jas. Bumgardner.
Music Officers Funeral"
Address by Howe Y. Peyton, Esq,
Music Jackson's Grave"
Address by Capt. Powell Harrison.
Music Cast thy burden on the Lord. .
Address by Col. Bolivar Christian.
: The addresses were necessarily short and
but a short time allowed for their preparation
but were exceedingly appropriate and reflect
ed credit on the orators of the occasion The
vocal music was of the kind for which ou1
mountain city is famous and the several pie
ccs were rendered with 4 skill rejecting great
credit on the singers, and pathos which
stirred to their depths the feelings Of the vast
auditory. u;
At the conclusion of the services at the
Church, the procession was formed in the
same order as before by the Marshals, and
moved down Lewis Street to Beverly and up
Beverly to Thornrose Cemetery. 1t was the
longest procession we have ever witnessed in
Staunton, being nearly mile in length and
supposed to number $500 persons. Arriving
at the Cemetery, the ladies and children
bearing flowers were arranged in sections of
convenient numbers for streWing, simultane-
ously, with flowers and eyergreens the graves
of over 1000 Confederate dead, when the
Band struck up dirge and, with heads un-
covered, the graves were decorated with
wreaths, boquets, and scattered flowers.
1t was indeed solemn and imposing spec
tacle. Tottering age and tender youth uni
ted in harmonious and heartfelt Offering to
our dead kindred and friends, and not for
getting the stranger, who battled shoulder
to shoulder, with our loved and fallen ones,
and now takes his last sleep by their side. May
their spirits bloom, as the flowers which deck
their graves, eternal in the Paradise of God,
and the remembrance of their heroic deeds
and sacrifices be ever green in our memories
The strewing Of flowers on the graves be-
ing finished, the procession returned to town
and was dismissed
That the inaugural of the 10th day Of
May, as the anniversary, upon which all may
unite in manifesting our respect for the Con-
federate dead, was in such an eminent degree
success, is due especially to our noble la
dies, who are ever first in every good work.
With them originated the idea of enclosing
and adjoining the graves of our fallen Con
federates, and the selection of day to be set
apart for revering their memories and COM
memorating their noble deeds and heroic sac
rifces. r.
liz NO nobler cause than this of thine, 9i
May woman's heart engage III
She need no prouder place to win
r7,~ ON flames immortal page:
= Go, seek them in their graves unknown.
And by the genial powers
Bid On each spot in beauty spring
sisterhood Of flowers
No marble slab, or craven stone, @
Their mournful deeds to tell
No monument to mark the spot 1885
Where they with glory fell,
Their names shall yet herald find
Jp every tongue of fame,
When valley stream and minstrel voice
Shall swell with their acclaim
$50 Plant flowers above their lonely graves
- The ivy lei entwine
AS tendrils there, and there be set
The myrtle AID the vine:
Memorials Of thy love shall mark
Each consecrated place,
C And angels wandering down from Heaven
zar.- VIII love the spot to trace. y a..