Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-01

with great beds Of flowers and
yariegated plants. The greater mum.
Der Of bnrials are in the southern
section, an almost level field ~
many acres short distance from tha
mansion. On this field are thousands N
graves In parallel rows STRETCHING awav
almost as far as one can see. There are
no mounds as Is usual In cemeteries. hot
the graves are level with the sod. A
small marble headstone marks the mama
and state of each Sleeper. The aeld q
scrupulJusly cared for, flowers constantly
planted, the grass cut, weeds removed
from the path, and everything possihIa
done 50 keep 1t in q tasteful condition
Tablets in iron frames, at various points
are inscribed with quotations ike tbe
following, from the famous poem bv CoI
O'liara, Southern poet and journalist.
ON fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are rpread.
And glory guarda with solemn sound
The bivouac Of the dead.
The two other cemeteries. HOLDING ,ha
remains of more than 10, 900 dead nre
those at Nashville and vicksburg. Next
to Arlington In Importance, il not in nun.
oers, Is that established upon the memo
raole and sanguinarY battlefield Of Get
I tysDurg, though the number of bodies
buried here is but 1858, Of which lGIl are
unknown. The netional monument,
erected on the highest ground 10
the cemetery, WAS dedicated No
yember 10, 1868, the address be-
Ing delivered by President Lincoln, in
which occurs that imperishable appeal to
the people urging the necessity OF sus-
tanning the government. Besides the ma
uonal monument there are numerous
other memorials of marble, stone and
bronze, erected as testimonials by army
corps and regiments conspicuous among
which Is a magnificent monument erected
by the first army cops to the memory of
Gen. John Reynolds, and which was ded-
icated only short time since. At An.
tletam, upon whose battle field there was
one of the tercest and bloodiest strug-
giles for supremacy that history has re-.
corded, thereIare 2Gi9 bodies buried in its
national cemetery, Of which number 1925
are unknown. The principal monument
here is a stately and elegant one, costing
100000 1t has granite pedestal twenty
five feet seven inches in height, upon
which stands the statue Of q private sol
der twenty feet in height. There are
few prominent memorials OF the dead
resting here, notwithstanding the terrible
slaughter Of which this was the scene,
owing, doubtless, 10 the fact that the
different army corps preferred the
sightller and more accessible field oil
Gettysburg for demonstrating their sffec.
tion for their dead comrades.
At Hampton, Va, the national GENE
terry contains 57l5 bodies OF deceased
soldiers, of which only 498 were un.
known. To the memory Of these brave
, fellows, many OF whom were on the Con
federate side, very pretty and sub
stantial granite monument has been
erected through the intercession of that
well-known phiauihropist and human
itariau, Miss Dorothea l.. Dix. BY hel
efforts several thousands Of dollars were
collected for this purpose, and for TINT
, snnual decoration Of the graves. II may
be remarked In this connection tina
there has been NO discrimination be
, tween the blue and the gray, OF
the part of the national government
In giving burial to the latter whenever |
q is practicable to do so, OF the Conted
! crate dead in the national cemetetie
there are at Camp Butler, Cypress Hills
Fiun's Point, Fort Smith, Hampton
Jefferson Barracks aud Woodlawn abou
10 00O, to say nothing of those at Arllug
ton, Fayelville and elsewhere, that ar
q numbered among the unknown. TIL
!. national cemetery at Mound City, Ill
containing 1929 bodies 2762 OF whic
& remain unidentified, Is beautifully sitJ
: aztec upon the Ohio river just above Cairo
The monument here was erected !
Al 1871, by the state aV n cost 81 fesSie''