Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-17
SOUTHERN DEAD AT ELMIRA.
Three Thousand -Confederates-Th
Touching Incidents

! SOS AG INN OfAtAD ~
Three Thousand Confederate
Unhnown-Touching Incidents
/ A CORRESPONDENT Of the Pitts6urg
/ ui..,,,t.b writes from EImira As follows:
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/ N""uia"H NViiieuelJ > - ms 49,
/ the city hmlts, is apoI ui 0o'9''0i ",'o
historic interest. Here, on q SraFeil5
( knoll. gently sloping to the north, rest the
re,oains of 600 Union soldiers. Many Of
-. ~, =. ~. r.I4 t,,t ,nt a favv diad
ineln zen III 'ie "e'"' '"' '''' =.
while IN camp here-Waillhs TOT oIoeIs %
move on TO the front or guarding the Con-
federate prisoners. A little stream,
fr,.,,,,5 Nth ygiIlovys ard nnrliug nnisilv
-. ,.lI .,...,',a.,, ~, l,,,oil
over Ihe pepol3 "gI' 500, a. ,ortoiaiD,,
IIoih leFtl 'I"v w siV"nI' LII,
'uUuS w" ~ w ~ az ", 90" . i' ~ -
laWn. ne utidce 9iio" ~ go, 100 r
Iellaii9 ulli'1. -. 'i,c"d t
tnIee ihoes-Llo u ~
u'''i nv NV .o,et,iro 10
n.ounu7' anu LUZ ~, ,,y .'.i,',tt, ,,r,',,
olVaN 'nT l'ip'-oton{ VI sod sioon , 0o0
80 ~, = NJ 49, Tho ar,y Tbsy were
l,io" " ~. ~ 80 '"o H.! er,,ii nv o,,i
'ootI! Ihc W -,
lC 'G ~; ,5 t ,;U ",. Of 9S'I Is ''''
''' ,C ,yar eorno ,,oro trans
,.o,,, ~ Si,,tnl.,, soiI h,It ,nost If thor,
lvere left to rsat mere sida nv side with
Mir trotbore ,yro for,,ht in tba bjua
Tboi,,b tboir ororss GRO 1,nmarlyad
either 6v mound ar monument thew are
not lost fTba scvton con locate the rast-
inc inc n lac Of eacb man with his name and
-ass,in,o,f kTtba rIosa of tbo ,var1goodan
be9dboor1a MARRIED each crave These i'm
ti,"e JanoTod OH No ,roSis,o ,as mada
for restoripg tbam If was finally decided
In remove them aItogether and level the
ground inns obliteTating All outward
fracaa ~ fhnir location shortly ofter the
var tbe cifv vas Visited nv a 1umbar ~
southern neonIe They came ~ find if
nossibla the fate Of missing friends. In n
lew cases fine remains were carried hack.
hut in most instances tbe natural baautv
of the burial Mace and the care taken Of
the graves decided tbom unon leaving
their dead to lie here at rest. Three or
four simDle marble headstOnes scattered
over the 5round show fife last tribute of
vifa ar mother tn n loved one,s memory.
An interpatin0 incident recalled these
facts tn nv mind an Memorial day. Local
nosts ~ the Grand ARMY Of the RenuhIic
were rpverantlv decking the graves of
dead comrades MANY another grave
Throughout the cemetery. bv the flowers
nIaced unon II showed That the memory
~ lie occunanf yvos l-ant oraon in Soma
beart
NOT q fnvv nnonIe "a they nassed IN the
walk nv the IittIa brook stirtinC the Con
faJarate .rrovas ,oticod ,,ith c,,|ioI,a eyee
tbot a,a7 ~ ~ eiaoDjno, doad oras bo5
Leen remambarad 4 S,reatb If white
i,nmorteIios ana a simnle lunch If vioIets
Iav beside one Of the headstones.
II was niooed tbere was fold nv an
old negro While tho 1onfederate nTison
y1se in eI,is+anca Tobn Rroyvn on ey-Vir.
ginja sIsea bad cbaToa of tho b1riaI If the
dead Fven tben ProvUn was rattinp to
he nm oId NO. 10 bad co,5o North
ovar tho .snndergroI,nd rsiIr0ady \ few
49, h., f,o 81 Sattind =, +bo o;+D o.
dev in nrensri,es cornsa for bTiriaI he
noticed q eilL 1nderebirt NJ n onaIilv on
tiroIy too f,,a a,,-t costI,t to bo 4, raeriro
Vim Ne onsre1, ana oIoonar o,,toy I,o1.l
r,+o GIoea. ,,Ios+i,-tjP1, ro,soalsd
nan,e ON, l,roidarod IN az neol, Of mo oor
n'ont 80 az az bjs IA nasttar
NJ, go -, ~ o1 +1a go bo ID
III a. -, ~ - - ~ t,d
l,,,ortarS III "a sirr5t s tha dood ~
to'al'l'I - - 49, "a ~ e 80 49,,
70 ,I '0 - IL &
49, 4tIl u 10 ~ . 80, -.
- ~ - - ~ ~ ~ :. tt
49,, ,, az, a. - lii 80
NJ Ia ~ LII 6oth Sia
d,,ri,,,1 ~, 80 GA ~ rnotbo ysas lost
ie - .1.-s -, - Si.t - -
aloile, nealy NSnei IuS a,'
Cliio VI l,e 80 a. Va
. ttei means Houlu ny poI LiiU ~
tuS Remains , Sack WIN neI, OuI WIN tIe
hoIP VI hei ioIIhgI siaFe lalSeu q sILlpie
n sei.3 rs, W mar niS SIase oHe "galI
Ni9it t, Inn" 9pouV q !e"i I"eeti GU ~
suoluy a'terWaru PASSED On 10 Jun 5 neI
suns anu AusVAnu ~ anotRer lanu' ne
oiu ilah L, mas almays G Is loI Vhe staNS,
anu eacn recurring 1leIuoIIai uay mus
upon u some lorAl trloule u Inc memory
oi Ine young MasIan. ,-.,
one otner lucluehI was IeisIeu 10 me py
one Oh the cemetery cuetoHlans. IN In IN,
l ie part OF May !ooo, a handsome, Well
dressed iauy' clau IN ueep mourning, ar
tne hoteis as Mrs. Granger, Richmond,