The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-12-28
MONUMENTAL MATTERS,
THIS STATE ASKED TO CARE Eoe,r.
HEROIC DEAD.

HEROIC DEAD.
'''pF'a'ion to Mark Their Restink
"'' On ohickamauga's Bloody F,ela
"An'ed-Alao enc in "ole vlrs,ny.v
CoLUNBIA, S. G., Dec. l6.-Gov.r
hor 1illman last night sent to the Gsn.
eral Assembly the following me,saoa
Wn'ch ls interesting TO patriotic Caro-
lihlans. lie has asked member Of Tho
senate TO prepare resolution MAKING
the suggested appropriation:
Gentlemen of the General Assembly:
transmit herewith communicated
from Gen. A. 2. Stewart In reference tn
tho appointment of commission from
this state OF officers engaged in the bat
tie OF Chlckamauga to mark the posi.
tions on that battlefield occupied bv tho
South Carolina troops. The national
government has provided for the pur.
chase OF the battlefield and the estab.
lishment OF q national military nark
thereon. It is altogether desirable that
the ''place in the picture" filled by our
brave soldiers shall be commemorated
the same as by other States. I there.
fore advise that the Governor be au.
thorized to appoint commission Of five
officers who participated In the battle
to discharge this patriotic duty, aud
that an appropriation covering their
actual expenses be made, 80 that the
work may be done as suggested in Cen.
Stewards letter. Owing to the LAPSE of
time and the changes in the face of the
country resulting therefrom, It NAV be
a work of considerable difficulty, requir-
ing some time to perform, and conse.
quentlY VIII entail an expense OF proba.
bly, $3.50.
In his letter Goa. 5 v,rt says:
"There were eight Or Leu S)u.l Iaro-
lima infantry regiments and several bat
terles in the battle of Chickamauga, aud
no troops were more distinguished by
heroic courage. They deserve to have
theic valor commemorated In this park.
A State commission of five or ton sur.
viving participants, with provision fer
| paying their expenses, is very desirable,
and we hope your State will take carly
action in the matter"
| WHAT A NOETHBRNER PROPOSES.
An appeal comes from Virginia to tho
people OF South Carolina to raise ono
half OF the comparatively small sum Of
$500 or $500 for purpose of erecting q
monument to the Confederate dead Of
this State, buried in tho South Carolina
lot IN the Confederate Soldiers cemetary
at Winchester.
About a month ago VIM. M. Akin
son, Esq, an attorney Of Winchester,
who married a South Carolina lady,
wrote Governor Tillman letter stating
that Mr.. Charles B. Rouss, wealthy
merchant of New York, had offered to
pay one half of tho cost of tho erection
of suitable monument to the memory
of the $50 South Carolina soldiers bur
ried IN the Winchester cemetery. Al
rea1 1y, he laid, through tho aid of a so
| cletY OF ladies in Charleston, and with
Mr. Rouss' aid, marble headstoues had
been placed at the graves of all these
dead soldiers, and that nearly every
other Southern State had already erect
cd a monument their respective soilH
ders' enclosures. He stated also that
he was anxious to have the monument
ready to be unvlled on tho uext memorial
day, June 9th, and asked tho Governor
to have the Legislature appropriate
half OF the money needed or elA get tho
patriotic people of the State to raIso the
money in some way.
Governor Tlllman replied endorsing
the effort and promising his encourage
ment. Yesterday he received another
letter urging haste in the matter. He
had Intended, he says, to send tho let
Ter TO tho Legislature as q message, but
upon reelection concludes that the State
needs all the money it can spare to take
care OF it's living veterans. He thus lots
the matter go to tho people, hoping that
some patriotic organization will accept
the offer of the New York gentleman
and raise the balance of the money.
The Governor thinks that tho dGer-
ent Memorial Associations in tho State
might raise The money. Mr.. Rouss,
whose generosity will be appreciated bY
Carolinans, was q brave Confederate
soldier. He went to Now York after
the war and made fortune. He has
built mausoleum in the Winchester
cemetery in which he will be buried
whom he dies. He has spent hundreds
of dollars beautlfying the cemetery.