The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-06-06
CHrCAGO'S MONUMENT.
Massive Granite Shaft Dedicated to til
Memory of Rebel Soldiers.

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Memory of Rebel Soldiers.
The Confederate monument was dedicated
Mt Chicago Memorial Day, May 80 The weather
was pleasant and the attendance very large
The officers assembled at the Palmer House
| early in the day.
About the corridors could be seen army off
GERS in full uniform; Grand Army men wear
ing the fatigue uniform OF 1S6l-65; member:
OF the militia OF several States in gorgeous ar.
ray, and ex.Confederates with the badges oil
the various Camps to which they belonged
Among the throng of prominent people were
Longstreet, Fitzhugh Lee John G. Black John
M. Palmer, Marcus J. Wright, Joseph Stockton,
| NJ. +. Butler, Eppa Hunton, John c. Under.
wood, protector of the monument, and Gen.
Wade Hampton orator of the day.
Besides these there were hundreds of other
| officers of both sides who went to honor the
memory Of the men who lie buried around and
beneath the massive granite shaft erected by
their comrades-in-arms on the beautiful shores
of Lake Michigan. The Chicago City Troop.
under command of Capt. Funkhauser, acted as
escort. Other organizations which took part in
the parade we're: Battery ID, Illinois National
Guard; tie Black Hussars, Capt. T. s. Quincy
commanding and detachments from the Illinois
militia. Grand Army Posts and Camps of Con-
federate veterans made up the body of the pro-
cessiOn.
The exercises began shortly after IL o'clock.
COL Joseph Desha Pickett, Chaplain Of the
Kentucky Orphan Brigade" invoked the
divine blessing. Gen. John G. Underwood, who
originated the idea of the monument, then
briefly sketched the inception and progress of
the monument. which eliminated in the great
gathering, and closed by introducing as the
presiding officer of the exercises, Rev. II. w.
Bolton. pastor of Centenary Methodist Church,
and Past Commander of u. s. Grant Post, %,
G.A.R., whom he eulogized as the "embodi-
ment of honor, justice and morality, broad
representative of the Union veteran, humani-
tartan and Christian gentleman"
DIR. Bolton then delivered an eulogy on the
veterans of the late war, both North and South.
He was followed by Gen. Wade Hampton who
was orator of the day, and made speech
worthy of the occasion. After Gen. Hampton's
address came the impressive ceremony of
monumenting the guns. There were four
OF these cannon, all captured from the Union
forces at Murfreesboro, and afterwards used by
the Confederates in a number of important
battles, among which were those of Missionary
Ridge. Resaca, Dalton, Kenesaw Mountain,
Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and Fraklin. These
guns were retaken by the Union forces at
Nashville.
The composition of the monumenting corps
was:
For gun No. 1.-Col T. H. Stewart and Miss
Lucy HILL
For gun No. Col s. J. Sullivan and Mrs.
Albert Akere.
For gun No 3-Col Geo. Forester and Miss
Laura NJ. Mitchell
For gun No. 4.-Col. John W. White and Miss
Belle Armstrong
spking party.-Col. r. Lee France and Com
rade Theodore Neal.
The monumenting corps and the spiking
party formed in line, the gentlemen escorting
the ladies, and passed to their respective sta
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federate veterans, who stood uncovered.
The ceremony which attended the "monu-
mentng" of gun No. was practically tho
same for all the cannon, and was as follows:
Col. Stewart: This gun, having fired its
last shot will now be silenced forever. Spike
thegun." Whereupon the spiking party spiked
the cannon. Col. France placing the spike, and
Comrade Neal driving it home.
Miss Hill then mounted the pedestal and
said: This cannon. with its glorious record ON
the held of battle, having been silenced for
ever, do consecrate it to the memory Of the
vaiorous soldiery we now monument, as a mil
ltary decoration for their bravery and honor
until DEATH"
The guns having been monumented, the
drums gaved q muffled roll, and the entire
corps formed in line on the west front of the
monument. Then from Con- Underwood came
the command: Decorate the monument"
AT tile word Miss Catherine Stewart Miss
Marion Sullivan, Mrs. Il. f. Walker, dressed in
white and escorted by three staff officers, APP
preached the monument Mrs. Walker to the
east, Miss Sullivan to the west, and Miss Stew
art in the center. Mrs. Walker advanced and,
placing laurel wreath at the northeast corner
of the monument base, said: LAS just need
to the worth OF the Confedorates whose mortal
remains are here monumented, l place this
emblematic wreath in token of their honored
remembrance on this occasion by friends South
ern people. and all broad and liberal men,"
Flowers were freely strewn over the piles of
shot and she'll by the veterans Of both North
and South, who were assisted in their work of
love by their wives and daughters
The LIST Regiment Illinois National Guards
then fired three volleys over the resting place
OF the soldiers OF the South, Taps" were
sounded, and the ceremony was over.
In the evening the Southern Generals, their
families and the notable guests, were rendered
a reception in the Armory of the LIST Regi- |
ment Illinois National Guards