The weekly picket. (Canton, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-21


TO their homes, most of them living
in Mississippi, where they had been
, born and raised, and where some Of
the best blood OF the Scouts had
bee n shed.
II, At the surrender members Of this
company halle d from nine different
States, Misslssippi constituting the
vast majority, "a OF our countie .
being repr ssented, The flower of the
command coming from this section,
On the East side Of the fiionu-
!, me nj is the fourth verse of Captain
, Ross beautiful poem:
"Long since has beat tile last tattoo,
. Uisbanded are the Gray and Blue,
Aud Peace relgns now where troop
II ers drew
, Their sabres bright-to dare and do,
X Led forward by Ad. Harvey"
The poem alluded to was CON-
Iposed by Emmett L. Ross, Canton's
gifted poet--peace to his ashes. 1t
was read by him at the open grave;
at the ,re-inserment Of Captain Har-
veyi 1886.
4 On the same side, and just above,
| is the Star and Crescent, with the
inscription: ''To those who helped
u.s.. /"
i The Scouts have been assisted in
two ways. During the war, now
and then, there were picked men
from other commands, men detach-.
ed from other regiments in our dis
vision, to act temporarily with us
for some specific duty. Many
times such men did valuable SER
vice. Also in building this mon.u-
men5, Captain Harvey hal friends.
the Scouts had friends these noble
bearts, many OF them, kindly ex-
ten ded a helping hand. To those
who helped US, in peace or war,
God bless them all. In the manner
indicated we make due acknoWl-
edgement.
On the West side is carved cava
airy bugle and just below are the
words Killed in Battle, = then fol-
low the names OF our command
WHO fighting fell and fallen
fought,
For the land they loved,so wei"
who were guided and influenced by
as pure and lofty sense OF duty,
honor an d patriotism as ever swell
| ed in the breasJ Of man. oei.syasa+ ,
comrades who fell in the fore front
of battle, whose names are carved
on this monument, belonged to that
once great and mighty army, who
for four long and weary years stood
face to face, front to front, with
the invaders of our soil. Talk
about commanders Of leaders of
armies, of Generals, but that living
wall of human aesh erected as q
barrier against the invader was
composed Of privates, Of subordi-
nate officers, of officers of the line;
aud in every conflict these men
bore the brunt of the fray. Each
son of the South, with this land In
vaded, the foe upon our soil, our
houses burned, our people fleelng,
our land being desolated far and
wide, felt that he took up arms and
marched to the front in righteous
cause. The soldier of every land,
springing from the masses; the
citizen soldier who upon his ma.
tive soil fights to resist invasion,
for his home, his fireside, the loved
ones of earth, though defeated. Is
none the less q patrio. still. And
the bold yeoihanry of Dixie, who
fought the battles Of the South, are
as true patriots as ever belted sword
or listened to the notes of the bugle,
or 80 ever shouldered q musket, or
marched to the roll of the drum.
"If there i, a spot where Free
dom loves to dwell,
1t is on the fields where Southern
soldiers fell.
II there is place where Liberty
kneeliug weeps,
IT'S o'er the graves where South
ern r atriots Sleep"
On the South front of the nonu-
ment is wreath of immvr telies,
"Pro Patria" underneath, then fol-
lows this inscription,
"Captain Addison Harvey,
Born June. 1887,
Killed April, 1865.
: Just as his Country's flag was
furled forever, death saved him the
pain Of defeat."
: This side of.the monument is ded.
icated to the memory Of our famous
leader, whose remains lie buried
beneath this structure. in the soil.
Of bis native STATE, whose people he
loved so we'll.
Captain Harvey was a Mississip- p,
plan, born in the county OF Holmes.
He only wore the insignia Of a
captain, yet in the armies in which
be served he commanded az much
respect as any field officer. He won
his merited distinction by the bat-
lies he had fought and the deeds he
had done, and today
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