The National tribune., 1894-02-15
EAST TENNESSEE
A Monument to be Erected to the Logs
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A Monument to be Erected to the Loyal
Mountaineers.
At the 10th annual Eneampment of the De-
partment Of Tennessee measures were adopted
providing for the erection of a monument in
memory of the union soldiers of Tennessee who
were killed or died Of wounds or disease dur
ing the war of the rebellion. The committee
appointed to devise ways and means for the
same has issued the following circular:
The undersigned committee desire to bring
this subject 10 the attention of the 5000 Union
soldiers now residing in the Stale, and TO make
fraternal appeal TO them To contribute and Co
operate in building "a memorial shaft which
shall tell posterity of the unHiuching patriotism,
dauntless courage, aud heroic sacrifice mani.
tested by our comrades who died that the Ma
ton might live. They wer- true Tennesseeans,
of whose loyalty to nag and country one of the
greatest American statesmen wrote, that
threats could not move it, persecution could
not break, and the prison or death bad no ter
rors tor"
In placing the subject before you, the COM
mittee deems it Unnecessary to refer TO the
events which led up to the secession rebellion,
OR to dwell upon the magnitude and faF-reaching
results OF its suppression. The reeoliections Of
the scenes and incidents Of that most evsnLful
period of your liIe-the most eventual period Of
our couBtry's history-are indeibly impressed
upon your mind. You aware of the fact thai
OF the 81, 900 men who enlisted ia the UnioK
Army from Tennessee, 4415 of them were
killed in battle, died in hospital or prson-ra
in the SutaDs disaster, or were cruelty muir.
dered by an unrelenting foe who gave ns
quarter to loyal Tennessesan. You know
that the brave men whose memory we seek t.
honor and perpetuate were true patriots,
praise God, they were all volunteers. not q con,
script am0Bg them. You know how pathetic
were their home partings, and the trials they
encountered in seeking the nearest United
States recruiting office. You were with them
when they dOnned their uniform of blue, and
gazing OH our starry banner said in their
hearts, This IS our country; this our eoun-
try's flag; we will Eight for tide for 10, IL
necessary" You were with them when COM
panies and regiments were organized, or with
them OIL their long, weary, tOilsOme marches.
You stood by their side in battle; heard the
crash Of shell, and saw their mangled forms;
heard the thud of bullet thruugh-brain or
body; SAW the agony the faces of some, on
others the calm, peaceful smile which indicated
that it was pleasure, not a pain, to die for
this Republic. You know they lived
AS mothers wish their SONS to live;
And died AS fathers wish their TO de-"
Giving their lives for a cause so just and
righteous before God and man. il is prs-emi-
nently fitting that their surviving comrades
should attest on enduring bronze or msrbls
their appreciation of the sublime sseri6ce-to
transmit 10 future generations personal testi-
mony of their heroic devotion, aud TO express
our fraternal regard and consolation that they
did not die in vain.
In other States and in many Counties Of
such States which furnished troops TO suppress
the rebellion, public or statutory sppropria-
tiOns have been made to build monuments in
memory of their patriot dead; but in view Of
the fact that Tennessee sent 10000 men into
the rebel army, we cannot feasUHai ly expect
that our State Government will. at least during
the present generation, do anything to honor
the memory of her brave sous whose blood was
not poisoned by the virus of secession. It lie,
therefore, more incumbent upon their surviving
comrades and friends To fulfill duty we owe
to gu rselves, as we'll to the memory of the
4,415 IoyaIists who died for usage, died for
these who sought to tear our fair land asnBder;
died and helped to make possible the present
strength and influence OF this model Nation Of
the world.
The Committee feel that this brief prelimi-
nary announcement is sufficient to awaken al
active interest in such laudable purpose. and
that each comrade now living in the State. IS
well as every Tennesseean who served in Ohio,
Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, or other State
regiments, will deem it a traternal and patriotic
privilege to contribute much or little Of his
means to the monument fund.
Contributions may be sent direct to either OF
the Undersigned or placed III the hands OF the
Commander of the nearest Grand Army Post
and will be duly acknowledged. In forward
ing amount subscribed, please give name. age,
birth place, company, regiment. or battery,
postOffce address, and sum subscribed. Ii ia
designed TO transcribe parchment the name,
ETC., of each contributor, and place the list,
with other appropriate matter, III the foundA-
tiOn of the monument.
Comrades realizing that our heads are Whiten-
ing with the frostS of years, and that the
shadows leugthen as approach the eternal
sunset let US, ere TAPS" sounded for US,
once again Front face-iorward-guide right,
and close up en- masse about this monument
to the memory of our comrades who were per-
mitted to die so gloriously.
We have the honor to be. fraternally yours
VIM RULE, Chairman, Knoxville, Tenn, Adj
iutant 9th Tenn.
SAM. w. HAWKINS, Huntingdon, Captain,
Co. |, 7th Tenn Cav.
JOHN RUHM, Nashville, Lieutenant and A.
A. 0. NJ, 4th U. S. Art
A. j. GAHAGAN, Chattanooga, Lieutenant,
Co. G, LIST Tenn Cav.
II. C. WHITAKER, New Market, Co. A, I'd n.
Y. Cav.
NJ. E F. MILBURN, Greenvilie, Sergeant Co.
Z, 18th Tenn. Cav.
l.. NJ. JARVIS, Sneedville, Captain, Co. Z,
9th Tenn. Cav.
JOHN @. SMITH, Elizabethton. Co. 2, Cd
Tenn.