The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-07

we visited Oak Hill Cemetery In COM
pany withsthe Sexton, Mr. eGooge, to
whom we are indebted for convey
ance, as we'll as his polite attention in
showing us around the resting place
of the dead.
We were pleased and gratifed at the
Emannerin which the Cemetery is kept,
which certainly does great credit to
Mr.. .Googe. It is neat and clean in all
parts, and the flowers and eFergreens
are carefully looked after and attended,
and gives evidence Of high state of
cultivation. In 1861 we visited that
Cemetery for the first time. 1T was on
the occasion of the burial of Major
Gavitt. Since that time great changes
have taken place, and great. improve
ments been made. He was amongst
the first of the Federal soldiers who
found a grave with three of his friends
who had gone before; but now, how
changed? Instead of but four, there
are hundreds of graves of those who
laid down their lives for their country,
each grave having q neat and plain
head board with the significant letters
U. S. A., name, Company and Regi-
ment of the fallen We noticed that
most of the Western and some of the
Eastern States were represented there,
and we could not help feeling a quiet
sadness creeping over us when we
thought of the thousands of the bave-
est,of the brave, who now sleep under
meath the Southern soil, or whose
bones bleach on a hard contested field
far from home and friends, with no
head board to mark their last resting
place. 8 +. 7. -. 8, :. ..,,..., '. ~
g Passing along, our attention. was
attracted to neat but plain monu-
ment erected to the memRry of Cap
tain William Walker, aged 66 years,
formerly of the I'd Indiana, who was
killed at Buena Vista, on the 23d of
February, 1917. Passing our eyes on
down, they rested on those words,
. He fell at his post We stood
MISUNDERSTANDING of the many
who had fallen at their post--thinking
of those whose bones were bleaching
in Mexico thinking fit could be pos
sible, as was said, that at that time
Indiana's sons had not acted nobly and
brave, The monument then gave the
lie to the disgraceful story. Hun
dreds of plain headTboards around us
gave the lie to the accusation. al
A little farther along we stopped at
a monument bearing the name of one
familiar to all our citizens 1t was
that of Lieutenant Colonel James M.
Shanklin. The sight of that name
brought to mind a circumstance rela7
ted to US Of the heroic dead by an eye
witness. TWAS on the morning of
the day of that terrible battle Of Muir
freesboro, or Stone River, that an aid
dereamp rode to Col. s. while at the
head of his regiment. and delivered
ban order in replyte which Col S.
said, ~Lieutenant, what do you think
of the signs ~ To which the abide
camp replied, - 4. Colonel the next
move will take you into the fghtil,'
Il thought so, said Col. S.; "and
; nov, 2 Es6ntinhed he, 4. want to ask
one thing of you, which is this: You
must carry orders tome this day, and 2
.y7TsEaight enniHg to his fullest stature,
placing himself in a peculiarly pen
si9e attitude, with one hand clutch
pingz hisiisw6rd, and hMith 3 his eyes
raised toward Heaven, he slowly said
=" by the Eternal. Col Shanklin will
| obey. orders, or his bones will bleach
on this field ~ Among the gallant
officers who fought that day, none
were more so than Col S.
FINED FOR CARRYING CONCEALED
WEAPONS, ! ast Saturday man b,
the name of Theodore Apologize wa:
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