Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-16
CoNREpERATE ASSOCIATION.
Proceedings of the Regular Semi
ManlhIx Meefing Last Might.

Proceedings of the Regular Semi
Monthly Meeting Last Night.
The Confederate Soldiers Relief ant
Historical Association met at the Second
Circuit Courtroom last night, for the
dispatch of regular semi-monthly bust
ness. President Isham g. Harris was in
the chair. The minutes Of the last regu
lar meeting were read and approved.
Major r. p. Duncan, of the Historical
Committee, reported verbally that they
had been at work and hoped in time to
be able to present some valuable histor.
zeal matter, but at present had nothing
to submit.
The names Of three applicants for
membership were offered and referred to
the Committee on Credentials.
The select committee appointed sew
eral weeks ago to report upon the pro-
posed removal of General Tyler's re-
mains from Georgia to Elmwood Gene
terry submitted the following report:
The undersigned, a committee APP
pointed at a previous meeting Of this AS
ISOLATION, to consider of the necessity
and cost of the removal Of General X.
C.. Tyler's remains from West Point,
Georgia, to this place, beg leave to re-
port, that thsy consulted in person, and
by letter, several railroad officials, over
whose lines the remains would have to
pass, and found that there would be little
or no cost in this particular; the roads
all cheerfully rendering transportation,
and appeared pleased to do so. We then
communicated with q citizen OF West
Point, Georgia, indicating and setting
forth the object we had in view, and ask
ing for such information and assistance
as we deemed requisite; the cost of hav-
ing the Generals remains disinterred,
the situation of the grave and as to its
present condition. We, in answer to
our communication, received a reply,
upon the coming to hand Of which, and
weighing its contents, your committee,
upon serious reflection, considered it
their duty to report to this Association
the above facts, and have accompanied
this report with the following resolutions
and here ask their adoption, and that
they be spread upon the minutes of this
Association.
Whereas, In the formation Of our As
ISOLATION we had in view, and it was our
fixed intention, as far as our means
would allow us, TO relieve the wants and
pinching necessities az those left in
affection who were near and dear TO our
fallen comrades, to lend hand Of help
to the wounded and MANNED Confederate
soldier to collect together and preserve
intact the historical "reminiscences of the
loved fLost Cause" and 70 guard and
protect from insult and dissertation the
remains of our gallant dead; and
Whereas, This Association learns with
pleasure and extreme qualification that
General r. C. Tyler, who fell bravely
fighting at his post in Fort Tyler, which
was named after his own gallant SELF at
West Point, Georgia, on the = day of
April, 1865, Yves deceptly and most hon
orably inferred by the noble citizens Of
West Point, Georgia, and that his grave
is adorned with substantial decorations
and ornamented with the choicest of
flowers; that the chivalrous, patriotic
people of Georgia, the State in whose
bosom rest thousands upon thousands of
our Confederate dead, and whose name
is linked with the repolleotions and his
tories of some OF our greatest battles
desire that the remains Of the gallant
soldier should rest where they laid them,
and
Whereas, We, the friends, and some of
us the immediate comrades in arms of
General Tyler believe that he loyed
Georgia no less than Tennessee; that
the State of TENNESSEE did not limit his
that he was a soldier of the
States that the South was
his home and that he desired 1t TO be his
grave; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That this association tender
their thanks in behalf of the Confederate
soldiers connected herewith, and of those
of our whole State, to the good people of
West Point, Georgia, for their patriotic
and sacred devotion to the memory OF
our gallant soldier
Resolved, That a copy Of these pro-
ceedings be forwarded to the citizens of
West Hoint, Georgia, through their
Mayor, 9ttested by the officers of this
Association.
j. HARVEY MATHEs,
Il. DUDLEY FRAYsER,
Committee.
The report was received and the reso-
utions adopted.
A resolution offered BY Major duncan,
n reference to publishing the entire list