The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-03
The following is the call Of General orArrLE-
DAUs1 and the letter cf Mrs. SMITH, referred To-:

GAUM ana Tic lcGtcf CN hlrS. SMITll, IeltIfcu W
THE CONFEDERATE DEAD NhAn a1z,..:..snoRo', NORTH
CAROLINA.
AG-. Eaiior: Several months ago made known
to YOU and the numerous readers OF tho NEWS o
proposition of Mrs. Smith, and other ladies OF
North Carolina to have all the Conedera. .es who fol-
they fell, taken up and rcinterred in one common
cemetery, to be properly enclosed and taen havo
suitable monument erected to their memory. This
generous. pa atliotc lady offered to donate not only
tic ground, but to render all the assistance in her
power tG carry cut this laudablc object and asked
the aid aud cooperation of the ladies oil South
Carolina as well ms the relatives and friends OF the
deceased scnuTnll:. As these troops were mostly
from Charleston, where they had, for full four
wears stood moro nvincible than walls OF stone
among the bravcst OF its brave defenders, never
for moment lnitcring, even under the terrible
shower Of iron hail 10 Which thcy were exposed
from The opening fire on Fort Sumter to the pain
full evacuation OF tho city, presenting themselves
inmates within and their invetoraie enemies
without, until the order came from quarter which
they as soldiers, were bound to obey, and thus,
for The first time, turning thor backs upon their
homes and tho many loved ones left behind to still
do battle for them il distant elds-I repeat it, MS
these were tho troops who scaled with their lifc's
blood their unsworving devotion to cause in
which Charleston fully sympathized, from the
of did hope that the reasonable request Of the
far daughters of the Old North Statc-tu do just,
deserving anl becoming homage to these noble
martyrs-would receive ready and willing re-
sponso from their more Southern sisters. Nor can
Ibole7o otherwise than that, when the ladios and
citizens OF Charleston learn, from tnc subioined
letter OF Mrs. Smith, that tho good people OF
North Carolina have performed the first and most
disarrceuble part of this worry commcndablc work
that OF collecting together the dead bodies-and
now only want n few hundred dollars to complete
the enclosure and monument, they, too, will roadi-
IL contribute thoir part. 1t only requires somo
organized plan, with generous, patriotic ladies' OF
Charleston at its head to make this matter sue
coed
You may Go much to aid tho schomc through
the instruncntality Of yo,w paper, and by little
private advice For Tile credit of the State; for
what is duo to the people Of sister State, who
have so kindly initiated the matter; for what is
due to the honor of the honored dond let me in
yoke you Mr.. Editor, To urge on this work, SO
well begun until the last remains Of these lato
long defenders of your city shall be properly en-
closed with an iron fence, and m appropriate
monument shall be erected to mark thoir last
resting place, s;, thus hand down their deeds to
the renlotest posterity Dccausc they fell in q
fallen cause their memory Is mono the less worthy
OF the homage Of their country.
In fprthcrancu OF these views, please publish the
following letter from Mrs. Smith, atwhose house,
few miles from Avcrysboro', tho battle in
which these men fell, was fought. OH the 10th
March, 1865. The most oil tho slain wore of tho
Two South Carolina Regiments of Regulars and
Lucas Battalion Of Charleston--tlrcc only fir III
Georgia.