Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-31

Chicago. May 30.-Financiaily and
socially the historic Mason and Dix
oa's line" has been obliterated from
tbs map oil the United States and in the
leading feature Of the Memorial Day
ceremonies here to-day it would seem
that politically, as WELL the Dead
Line" laid down over a generation ago
lo mark the territorial division between
our slave ana our free territory, has
been thrown down. With the dedica-
zion to-day in this, one of The staunch-
est OF the Union cities in the heart OF
The country whence came the Dlue-
coated warriors who marchcr from AT
Iauta TO- the sea. of handsome mon
umeul to the lasting memory oil men
who wore the gray and fought Tor the
''lo5t cause" under the stars ana bars,
Confederate thigh water mark was
established far north OF that set at
CetJyslarg by force of arms; TINS, 100,
with the UugruGgiug consent OF the
stamcu Uuionists among whom IL IS
placed. and with the c0untenance ana
assistance of veterans i'm blue-foes IN
arms. but friends in peace, doing honor
10 AN acknowledged valor which is now
the common heritage OF
OUR COMMON COUNTRY.
The dedication was accompanied by
p5~haus the most impressive and i'm
D0sing ceremonies among the exercises
-.r down for Decoration Day in any
part of Che Union.
AL Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty
ffth streets. then in the outskirts but
now I'm the heart of this city, stock
abe was built during the civil war ana
named Camp Douglas, and there many
thousands of Confederate prisoners
were confined between the years 1857
and %. The men held there under the
restraints which beiali captlYes OF war
had spent their lives i'm the balmy ell
mate of the sunny South, and the rig
0rs of q Northern winter told upon
them severely. AS consequence, 6,U0V
OF them were liberated by death ana
We're buried in OakWood cemetery at
Cottage Grove avenue and SiXty-seV-
eL-h street.
liz was to the memory Of these 5000
who died iu q military prison IN the
ouemy's country that the monument
was dedicated Jy their comrades and
opponents i'm arms, on the spot where
they lie buried.
It is the first monument TO Conieder-
ate dead erected in the North and me
event was perhaps without parallel
i'm history. IL does not appear that any
one else on the lace'Oi our round globe,
within q period OF thirty years aIter
the close of bitterly fought war, the
yarquisted have ever before erected a
monument to the memory OF
THEIR COMRADES IN ARMS
i'm the heart OF the victors' territory.
Especially has the sight never been
Witnessed of the vict0rs heartily join
ing the vanQuished in doing honor to
the valor of the yauquished dead.
This dedication is The outcome or
movement iuausurated by the Confed-
crate Association of Chicago. II under
took tO raise the necessary FUNDS Tor
the erection of the monument and Gen.
John C.. Underwood, a Southern officer
I'm command of the Northern DIVISIONS
of the United Confederate Veterans,
was chosen TO carry the work forward.
The fund started with $500 from
lecture given i'm Chicago by General
Gordon. of Georgia. Citizens of Chi
cago also subscribed $4,000 and sub
scr.utious by Confederate veterans and
others I'm the South brought the fund
,lD t1 the necessary amount. The monu-
meut was three years under consruc-
ton.
The largest assemblage Of distin-
aufsrrI Confederate veterans ever seen
i'm the North was one of the notable
features of the occasion. Those present
included Generals John b. Gordon,
Wade Hampton, James Longstreet,
Stephen d. Lee. Fitzhugh Lee, Harry
Hetl. s. G.. French. h. c. WaIthalL Nj.
G.. Butler. l. l. LOmaN, Marcus D..
Wright. Frank c Armstrong Eppa
Huuton. Joseph O. Shelby, William H..
Payne. Fayette Hewitt c.. A. Evans,
Joseph IT. Lewis. Nearly all these dis
tireuished visitors accompanied by
their wives and families together with
representatives of the Confederate AS
ISOLATION. of Washington. ID. c., Camp
lIouirie. Sons of Veterans, OF Charles
ton. S. c.. and representative delega-
-feus from Atlanta, and other points
South. arrived Yesterday. They We're
met at the dep9-s by comrades in arms
who preceded them, and by the local
reception committee. composed OF Fed
eral and Confederate Veterans and the
leading professional and business men
of the city with q suitable escort and
driven to- their hotel Later they
ATTENDED A MATINEE
performance at q theater. In the even
inc they were welcomed TO the city by
Mayor Swift General Gordon respond
iDg. This was followed 10y most brll7
liant banquet 8t Einsiey's.
T5-dav's ceremonies began with the
ringing OK the Columbian Liberty Bell
firing of q national salute by Battery
ID. Illinois National Guard. ON the Lakt
Front Then carriage parade Of re
nowuei Northern and Southern gener-
ais was formed and moved under mill
tary escort % the Twelfth street depot,
and there took trains in waiting for
Oakw0ods Cemetery. where the
DEDICATION CEREMONIES
occurred. The military. escort consisted
of the we'll known First Regiment IL
l.rois National Guard. under command
cf COL Henry L. Turner, 2s well as thei
Chioac1 Hussars. mounted military
organization OF seventy-hve men, under
command of Captain Quincy.
The dedication ceremonies were OPEN
Oh ,,-f-h --0-e~ nv Col. .TO=pDh Desha