Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-04-30
HOLLYWOOD MEMORIAL ASSO.
CIATI0N.
A Matter OF Interest 10 All Oui
People.

People.
We have been permitted to copy the
following letter, which will be read with
deep interest by many in our midst:
RICHMOND. Va, April %, 1870.
John W. Dawson. ESQ.,;
DEAR SIR: Mrs. George w. Randolph
desires me to acknowledge the receipt
through Judge Robt. Ould, of this city,
ola check for 800 from Memphis, Tenn,
and forwarded by you. A severe indis-
position prevents Mrs. Randolph s reply
ing herself, but she begs you to accept
our grateful thanks for the generous as
sistance and encouragement in our
"pious work" las Gen Lee calls it,, and
to say that we hope the responses from
all parts of the South may now be so fire.
quent and prompt that before another
season we may gather home our own
loved and honored dead from every bat
tlefield on the enemy's soil.
take the liberty alsoo enclosing an
other appeal, which has just appeared
in our Richmond papers
Very respectfully,
Mas. 4. II. BRowN, Sec y II. NJ. A.
The following is the appeal" above
referred to:
By correspondence and other means it
has been brought to the special atten-
ton of the Hollywood Memorial Associ-
alton Of Richmond that over three thou
sand Confederate soldiers are buried on
and near the battlefield of Gettysburg.
David Wills, Esq, President of the
National Cemetery Company, says in a
letter to General Fitzhugh Lee: There
has never been any action by the Board
of Managers of the Soldiers National
Cemetery Company here in reference to
the disposition of the remains of the
Southern dead lying on this battlefield.
Neither is there any action contemplated.
The charter of the Association provides
only for the interment of the remains of
those who fell in defense of the Union.
"There should be something done with
the remains of the Southern soldiers.
There are about six hundred marked
graves, and these are fast becoming
oblterated. Their names might be pre-
served, and the remains gathered to-
gether into a cemetery or burying ground,
if any one would take the matter in
hand.
Their trusted chief, General r. E.
Lee, whom they followed, and fighting
under whose leadership they fell,
approves the plan of removing their
bodies to our own soil.
The Hollywood Memorial Association
have the disposition to undertake this
work, but do not possess the ability
unless generously aided by friends
throughout the South. They offer ample
grounds in their cemetery, and also the
aid of their association to prosecute the
work, should it be found practicable to
remove the bodies to Richmond.
To accomplish this purpose, means
must be raised by the earnest efforts of
the survivors Of the Confederate army
the mothers, the sisters, and fathers, and
brothers, and friends of the slain. Every
Southern State has representatives at
Gettysburg. Will not active men and
women, in every city and town, and
county, at once volunteer to collect and
send contributions?
Mrs. GEO. w. RANpoLPH,
Mas. r. L. LEE,
Mrs. j. L. NJ. CURRY.
It will be borne in mind that Mr..
Henry Noodle has been appointed agent
toreceive donations in this city and from
the States of Tennessee and Mississippi
for the Hollywood Memorial Association.
The following is his authority:
RICHMOND. VA, April 81, 1870.
Mr. Henry Moode, of Memphis Tenn,
is hereby authorized to act as Collecting
Agent for the Fund for Gettysburg, in
the city of Memphis and in the States of
Mississippi and Tennessee.
The money so raised will be deposited
at R. H. Maury's, banker, Richmond,
Va, and when a sufficientaccount is col
leoted, will be expended by the Holly
wood Memorial Association for the re-
moval of the dead from Gettysburg.
Mrs. G.. W. RANDOLPH, Pres't.
MRS L. H. BRowY, Sec'y H. NJ. A.
Mr.. NJ. will canvass the city and States
mentioned as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made, of whichdue
notice will be given.