The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
them as you see fit in your annual

them as you see fit in your annual
message to the General Assembly.
The general government will mark
with suitable tablets the important
points where all regiments and batter,
les fought, and where commanding
officers fell, also the farthest points
reached by various commands IN their
charges upon Snodgrass Hill and other
points of the field. We, therefore,
ask that suitable monument or me-
mortal be placed on Snodgrass Hill to
mark the place where Manigaults
Brigade fought, which will be in close
proximity to the splendid monument
being reared to the Ohio troops. We
would ask that similar memorial be
erected in Kelly's Field to mark the
farthest point reached by the Twenty
fourth Regiment, Gist's Brigade,
which will also be in close proximity
to many others raised to troops from
both Northern and Southern forces;
and we also recommend that one OF
the positions held by Culpepper's Bat.
tery be marked by a similar memorial
or monument. These need not be
very costly, and can be made to cor
respond to similar work on the field.
| Besides this we would most respect
fully urge that monument be raised
on Dyer's Knoll, which is OH the edge
of the field in front of Snodgrass
Range. and marks the very centre
where Kershaw's Brigade swept across
a field some 800 or 1000 yards wide,
in one of the most gallant and desper-
ate charges ever made, capturing a
number of pieces of artillery in their
progress to the foot of Snodgrass
Range. This monument should be
erected, not to Kershaw's Brigade
alone, which can be marked by a sep
arate monument, but to all of the
South Carolina troops engaged in that
battle, and the names of the various
commands, ifnot of the men who fell,
should be inscribed on tablets Oh the
faces of the monument. .
This knoll is one of, if not the most,
striking points on the field, and we
were assured by General Boynton
(who agrees with us as to the beauty
and Appropriateness of the spoD that
he does not think that any other COM
mand will contest the right to this
place, and that itcan in all probability
be secured for the State.
A committee composed of Col. Z. l.:
Walker, Major j. D. McLucas, and
Mr.. @. K. Henderson was appointed
to confer with General Boynton as to
the probable cost, but that will de-
pend on the character of the design,
which must be settled in the future.
If it can be done reasonably we
would suggest that such a mon
ument as now stands in the State
House grounds, raised to the memory
of the Palmetto Regiment, surmount-
ing base of granite or marble would
be fit emblem to plant upon any of
the fields made famous by the courage
of the troops from the Palmetto State /;
and we respectfully suggest that this
or some equally imposing monument
only would befit the dignity of our
State, or be a just recognition OF the
gallantry of our troops. in comparison
with the monuments of the other
States, which are evidently deeply in
terested in the matter.
The national government will dedi-
cate the park in the summer or fall Of
1895, and if it is possible the monu-
ment to the South Carolina troops
should be ready for that event, as it
will doubtless be attended by thous-
ands.
H. L. FARLEY, Chairman.
@. I. WALKER,
R. F. MCCAsLIN,
J. F. CULPEPPER,
J. D. MCLUCAs,
E. J. GoGGINs,
G. K. HENDERSON,
L. P. HARLING,
f. NJ. MIXsoN,
PERRY MOSES,
A. @. APPLEBY,
Chickamauga Commission.