The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-03-22
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
PrcparatiOns for the New
National Park.
DEDICATIONiN SEPTEMBER.
Monuments Will
Mark the spot Where the
Great Battle WAS
Fought.

Washington, D. c., March IL
The positions occupied By both /
the Northern and Southern armies
during the battle of Shiloh, in Ten
nessee, will be definitely determln-
ed and marked at the reunion OF
the survivors on the battlefield IN
April. The battle was fought so
many years ago, that there are
some variations in memory, even
among those who were there, about
the exact location of the various
troops. The determination OF
these points by large jury OF sur
vivors will be one Of the first steps
toward putting into effect the re-
cent act of Congress making the
battlefield national military park.
About 5000 acres of picturesque
land that was desperately fought
over on April 6 and I, 1862, is to
be preserved as it was then, and
the graves OF 1000 Confederate
soldiers, who were buried on the
field, will be saved from oblivion.
The preservation Of this great
battlefield in this manner Is due to
the formation on April 10, 1893, Of
the Shiloh Battlefield Association.
This was incidental to the celebra-
ton of the thirty-frst anniversary
of the battle, and it is significant
fact that men of both SIDES, who
actually fougat and oled on the
field, should meet 81 years after
ward on the same spot in peace
and organize together a soclety to
perpetuate the scene of the con-
fiict.
The bill to provide for the park
at Shiloh was fathered by Repre-
sentative Henderson, of Iowa. The
measure passed both houses readi-
ly and was signed by the President
last December.
Anticipating favorable action by
Congress, members of the assocla-
ton visited the battlefield and Sc
cured an option on the land at ST.
, an acre, about half the price palc
for the battlefield Of Chickamauga
which is also national park. The
Secretary of War is to acquire the
tile to the site at Shiloh, either
under the act to authorize condem
nation of land for public use or the
act to establish national lemete
; rv as he may elect. and as rapid
: ly as title is secured to lands an(
roads within the boundaries th'
work of converting them to tn
uses of park may be advanced.
. 1t will not be necessary to elec
all the tenants or present owner
OF the land. They may be allow
:, ed to occupy and cultivate thel
' present holdings on condition tina
: they will not deface the natural .
artificial decoration Of the land2
It was considered a wise thing t
retain these tenants SO they nigh
in a sense become agents OF tn
Il Government for the care OF tn
park and the protection of monu
ments, tablets, and such othe
marks as may, from time to time
be made by proper authorities.
4 The affairs of the park are to b
o conducted by commission OF thre
men to be selected by the secreti
d ry OF War, each of whom sha
e have served at the time OF the ba
}. tie in one OF the armies engage
d therein. which were the armies
n the Tennessee. Of the Ohio and tn
d Mississippi. This commissio
k will open and repair roads whic
Il nav be necessary actually or hi
y torically. 1t will mark with tai
e lets or other permanent signs a
n lines occupied by the troops enga'
ed in the conflict, and all histories
points on the field or near it.
v The States represented by trooI
\ in Il . battle may designate tt
,n;.a hx their trnOnS. aD