The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-06-01
CONFEDERATE MEMORY,
CORNERSTONE LAID At RALEIGH IN Re-
MEMBRAHcE or our SOLDIERS.
4 Monument to be Reared of Surprising
Beauty of North Carolina Stone.

RALEIGH, N. C.-Raleigh turned out
en- masse to vie with tho visiting mill
tary and citizens in celebrating the
laying of the cornerstone of the Con.
fedcrate monument.
The feature of public interest was
the procession. This, due to start at
1870, did not start from Cal,arrus
street until 11.30. 1t moved through
mass of people all along the route.
The balconies and windows and door
ways were filled. At the head was q
platoon of police, headed by Chief oi
Police Heartt, followed by Chief Mnr.
shal w. G. Stronach and a mounted
staff of 40, both veterans and juniors.
Next came the Independence Band, OF
Raleigh, 16 pieces, G. B. Hart, band
master; battalion of the State Guard,
composed of the Pitt County Rifles,
Governors Guard, Granville Grnys and
Durham Light Infantry, Capt. j. II.
Smith, of the Pitt County Rifles, com.
manding. There were l75 officers and
men in the battalion. In carriage.
were Governor Carr, Orators II. w.
Mason, S. Med. Tate and II. r. Ben.
nett and Chaplain J. A. Weston, of
Hickory, and members Of the commit.
tee of arrangements. After these came
the boy band Of the Lasayctte Military
Academy, of Fayetteville, 90 pieces
which made excellent music. The
Fayetteville Independent Light Infnn
try of 40 men marched behind thi
band.
THE VETERANS.
There were cheers, loud and long,
for tho next feature of the procession.
the Confederate ueterans. At the head
of the long line Of these rode Col. Ed.
ward ID. Hall, of Wilmington, the ma.
jor general commanding the Omitted
Confederate Veterans in North Caro-.
lima. There were 400 vet t2Tans in line.
In front of them Veteran James A.
Leach, of Thomnsvillc, bore the tat
tered State flag of the Forty eighth In
fantry. 1t was riddled with shot holes.
In tho line was borne the famous
"Bcthel" flag of the First "BcthrT'
Regiment; the company flag of the
Wake Rifles; "battle flag" of Bryan
Grimes Camp, G. ", of Beaufort
county, and the torn "battla flag" of
the Fiftieth North Carolina Infantry.
In carriages Immediately following
these veterans, were Mrs Armistcad
Jones, the president, Miss Maggie
Cowper, tho secretary, and other Off
GERS of the Ladies' Monument Associa-
ton, to whose earnest, untiring and
loving efforts the State owes the mon
ument whose cornerstone was laid.
The Granville county veterans, com
mandcd by DR.. S. D. Booth, 80 strong,
escorted the monument association.
In the rear of them was the Agricultu-
rnl and Mechanical College battalion,
two companies, Capt Charles Pearson,
commanding; the fire department. OF
Raleigh, with Chief Edward b. En2le-
hard in command, came next. A
mounted company forty strong,
brought mp the rear Of the very hand.
some procession, this detachment being
in command of Mr.. Wayland Dowd.
In the procession were forty veterans
from the Soldiers Home. Junius
Daniel camp pnrndcd nearly $50 mon,
DIR. p. F.. Hines being in command.
All these marched in the veteran bat,
tallion. of which the Fayetteville com.
pany was the special escort. The vet,
Grams were AS gay M boys.
Gov. Carr called the asscmblage t.
order and the choir sang the "Old
North State" md n hymn which was
based on "Stoncwall Jackson's" last
words, "Let us cross over the river
and rest under the shade of the trees. "
The Grafton WAS delivered by Hon.
Thomas w. Mason, Of Raleigh. II,
paid surpassingly beautiful tributes tc
the memory of the Confederate soldier.
Col. Tate and Jddgc Bennett also de.
livered oratons.