Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-06
THE DEAD.
Unwilling Of the Monument and
Decoration Of the Graves at
ElmwOOd Cemetery
Yesterday.

Yesterday witnessed the unwilling Of
the monument and the decoration Of the
Confederate soldiers graves in Elmwood
Cemetery. Pursuant to the programme
the Bluff City Grsys, Chickssaw Guards,
Memphis Light Guard and Bluff City
Artillery Joined in the procession, which
formed at Court Square and then took
up the following route: down Second
to Union, up Union to Main, up Main to
Adams, thence out Adams to Charleston
avenue to the depot, where cars were
taken for the cemetery. Outside of the
military the procession vas very small,
due to the fact that business matters pre-.
vented many ex Confederates from at.
tending. The attendance at the GENE.
terry, however, was large. the crowd being
estimated at Eve or six thousand per-
sons.
The avenues and grounds we're alive
with people, who came to do honor to
the memory Of the noble dead. In front
of the hill aide, where the Confederate
dead we're resting beneath hillocks of
earth, a grand stand had been erected.
1t was enveloped in evergrsens and flow
era, wreaths, f%estoOns, etc. In front q
wsather.beaten Confederate flag and the
battle flag of General Hardee's corps
were suspended. The faded folds Of
silk, torn and tsttered, were recognized
by many old soldiers who followed them
to where the fight was hottest and death.
shafts few thick and fast.
DECORATION OF THE GRAVES.
The graves of the dead Confederates
we're decorated with flowers. Not a
grave was u%nrecoguized. The graves Of
the twenty'eight members of the Bluff
City Grays, Company B Of the One Hun.
dred and Fifty fourth Tennessee %(senior)
regiment Of infantry, and Company A,
Of Forests old regiment Of cavalry,
were decorated by the surviving mem.
bers Of the companies. The decora.
tons we're large floral wreaths, with
crossed ssbres, and underneath, in scroll,
the words Bluff City Grays,' while at.
tacbed to each decoration was a card
bearing the name of the dead soldier.
In addition, a larger floral decoration
vas placed in tie center Of the Confed-
crate grave lot, similar in design to the
above, bat bearing the floral iuscrip.
tions, &C. s. A." ITO our Absent
Dead" and bluff City Grays." The
floral decoration was ~surmouuted
by a crown and a cross. The com
pany did not forget brave and gallant
John Stokes, who was shot dead on JEFF.
ferson street, near the Postofice build.
sng, in the Forrest raid into Memphis.
His remains rest in Calvary Cemetery
(Catholie). Ga his grave a like floral
decoration was placed yesterday morn
ing by bis living comrades. The mem
bers Of the Bluff City Grays, who are
buried at Eimwood, are as follows:
Major Phil 4. Allen, Lieutenant, j. R.
]. Creighton, j. G. Rives, D. ]. Doyle,
Lieutenant James Switzerland, Captain
T. F. Pattison, O. G. Pattiasn, S. Fl.
Rawlings, j. d. Craft, r. II. Flournoy,
C. P. Woodbridge, Fred Wherle, J. B
Drake, W. P. Walker, W. Park, George
A. Falls, James T. Titus, John F. Titus,
r. G. Jones, C. W. wilkins, James W.
Spicer, William webb, l. NJ. Anderson,
j.. C. Anderson, Jamss W. Grice, John
E. EaneS, G.. R. Dillon, w. c. Hsiskell
At Calvary Catholic Cemetery is buried
the remains Of John Stokes, At the
base Of the monument a magnificent lot
of flowers was arranged In Memory Of
the Mississippi Dead" ard in the midst
of the flowers was placed a framed pho
tograph of the late General N. B. For
rest. The floral tribute was sent from
jackson, Mississippi, by Miss Cola A
Barr, daughter OF the late Colonel James
Barr, of the Tenth Mississippi regiment,
Miss Mollie Mizell, Miss Louise Taylor
and others, Of jackson, Mississippi.
Rev. d. c. Kelly, of Nashville, former
ly colonel of the Forrest regiment Of
cavalry, and known as the " fighting
preacher" delivered the opening prayer,
which was followed with music by Ar.
nold's brass band, and the song, How
Sleep the Brave rendered by the choir,
under direction of Professor J. L Per.
ring
s~ECRETARY's REPORT
Mr.. B. Mcfarland, secretary Of the
Monumental Association, being intro.
duced by General Gideon j.. Pillow, read
the following report:
Several years ago the Confederate Re.
lief and Historical Association under.
took the completion of o monument to
the Confederate dead, which had been
begun by the Ladies' Memorial Associa-
! ton.
The committee which | have the pleas.
ure of representing to-day was appointed
by the Confederate Relief and Histori
cal Association, given plenary powers
and discretion, and charged with the duty
of completing this monument. When
our committee assumed this duty, the
Ladies Association turned over to ui
$ll4S 40, and also a note representing
the balance of a fund collected by them
We have since collected on that note
$l92l so, the full amount thereof and in.
teTest, and from other achemas devised