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''' Agent for South Carolina.
CAMpEN, Sc, May %, ,IS86.


CIRcULAR.-The undersigned having
been appointed "a Committee by public
meeting of the citizens of Winchester,
(held in furtherance of the design origi
mated by Mrs. Phillips Williams and
Mrs. A. II Boyd, to take measures to
collect the remains OF the hohored dead
of the late Confederate army which re
pose in its vicinity, and to cause them to,
be reinterrcd in suitable ground, to be
provided and set apart for that purpose,
gladly accept the sacred trust committed
to them,and appeal to those who sympa.
thize in the object for such pecunary
aid as they may he disposed to render.
1t is desired to effect this object With
the least possible delay, so that the
transierence Of the remains may be ac.
cbmplshed before the heat of summer
shall interpose TO hinder their removal :;
and this Committee has already institut.
ed such inquiries ms it is hoped and be.
lievcd will put them in possession Of all
the information which can lie had to
enable them to proceed at once to the
execution of the purpose contemplated
by the appointment n'N
There is scdr:cly Southern State
which willnot be represented, more or
less largely, in this proposed city of the
heroic dead it is intended to assign to
each one of them u separate and distinct
department in which the ashes of its
brave SONS will repose side by side ."
a record will also be preserved in an
enduring form of the names Of the dead,
as far as they can be ascertained-th
State whence they canic-the command
to which they were attached-and the
time, place and manner Of their death !;
and where we have the information
each grave will be provided with n
head board, on which the name OF its
occupant will be inscribed. ''' ".'''
To carry out this design in a manner
corresponding cot only with a becom
ing sense of what is due to the memory
of the dead, but to the scnsibllities OF
surviving relatives and friends, will in
voivc larger expenditure Of money
than our own people, in their present
impoverished condition, could reasona.
bly, be expected to supply. They, how
ever, have done and are now doing
what they can and we thereforcfeel at
liberty to ask that others, who may par.
ticipatc in the feelings and motives
which have prompted this ,anor Of min.
gled gratitude and love, will aid in its
accomplishments by such contributions
.sthey may beableto make. But It is
important that whatever may be done
in this way Should be done speedily.
Any information which the friends or
relatives Of deceased officers or soldiers
may desire to obtain. as to the remains
of those who fell in battle, or who died
at Winchester or in its neighborhood,
and which may come to the knowledge
of the undersigned, will bs promptly fur.
n'shed by them on application by letter
or otherwise. .." .' ".'I
j. II. SUERRARD. Chairman.
WM. r. DENNY.
N. NJ. CARrMELI, 'E'''.'
JOHN u. JENKINS, ", .' ,''
ClfAs. l.. CRUM,
' JonN J. WILLIAMS, "' '"
Committee.
WINcIEsrER. Va, Feb. q, 1866.
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