The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-17
OUR DEAD At
CHICKANAUGA.
FOR THE SOUTH
CAROLINA HEROES.
The Commission Appointed by Govern
or Evans Recommend the Erection
Of NonG Elcrts TO al South
CarolinianS EngaGcd i"
fi,e Cattle

Under authority of Il joint resolution
ofthe Legislature Of South Carolina,
passed December -, 1894, viz:
THAT the Governor be, and is here
by authorized to appoint commits"
sion of one or more suitable persons
to select designs ana ''es Of location
for monuments to !. ..s from South
Carolina, az recommended by the
Chickamauga commission:
Section 2. That said colnmissici,
will make its report to the Governor,
who will communicate with tue fener-
al Assembly at its neXtrcgular session
1895, with such recommendation rs
he may deem best, Mt which time such
further action upon the rccommcnda-
tions of the Chickamauca commission
may be taken as the General Assembly
may see fit, the following srommissivn
was appointed by the Governor: Gen
c. I. Walker; Major j. D. McLucas
and Capt. G. X. Henderson.
The commission has decided to
recomm end to the Legislature the crec-
tion of the following monuments: One
principal monument, commemorative
of the valor of all tho South Carroll
mans engaged in the battle, to be
placed on Dyer's Knoll, the spot where
kershaw's brigade made Il nost Gio-
rious and victorious charge, and u con-
spicuous position on the field: one Of
smaller size, each, To kcrshaw>s brig
ade, to be placed where they tonight
the whole afternoon on sonodSrass
Range; one to the South Carolina reg
iments, 10th and 18th OF 7'Iunigaults
brigade, to be erected where they
fought for zee hours on Snodgrass
Range: on: the South Carolina
regiments. (lGtl and 2lth.l Gist
brigade, and Que to Cu!repper's But
terry, the position OF the )ast two TO be
designated hereafter. That to Her
shaw's brigade, being tc the largest
number Of South CXr1l:HianS. 10 be
the largest Of these toHr,to .HanjHaait 5
and Gist's smaller. and t. Crlpcrpcr 5
battery smaller still. For these io"r
monuments the commission rather
favor design somewhat sirilHr TO
the monument to Battery /, 9Th I. 5.
artillery, now on tic battlefield.
All the monuments are proposed TO
be made of South Carolina granite, OF
the most enduring kind, 10 he without
anv ornamentation which Wi. be III
jured by the wear of tie elements and
time, to have no sharp edges. the
blocks Of stone to he joined III the
most secure and lasting method: all
lettering, cte., to be cut IN and no
raised letters TO be used, and every
thing to be of the most substantial
and permanent workmanship nad ma
tcrial. The past record OF ali bidders
will be considered as 10 their habit OF
doing thorough work. The larger
monument to have on it, in some ap-
propriate place, the palmetto, our
State emblem.
The Legislature has made no ap-
propriation of any moneys nor lndl-
Gated in any way how much it will
appropriate. The appointment Of the
commission in 1893, which established
the position of South Carolina troops
on the battlefield, and OF this COM
mission on monuments, shows that 1t
int, nds to do something, and the COM
mission expects iberu! trcatmcnt at its
hands and q generous donation to the
noble men who fought and died on
this, one Of the most desperate and
bloody battlefelds of the worlds his
tory. It is advised that such designs
be submitted as will make the total
cost Of the monuments erected Oil tine
battlefield between -, 0)0 and Sl2,A0A.
Larger estimates will be received aud
considered, but it is doubtful if ticJ
can be passed, even If 81 omitted to
the Legislature.
The Chickamauga Park commission
necessary for the lu1".at!"ils- Est
mates must be for the monuments
erected on the battlefield ut hicka-
manga.
Designs with estimates or designs
without estimates, but accompanied
with an app=oxi;nate i,Ie.s %: costs.
given by 4 reliable AMI Experienced
builder of monuments, will be received
by Gen. c. I. Walker, 3 Broad street,
Charleston, S. c.. il delivered TO him:
sealed, by November $, 1895. They
will he opened and passed npon 1T 4
meeting of the commission to be held
about November u.
1t must be distinctly understood
that the commission does not bind
itself to accept any design or estimate.
1t eau return The same only at owners
costs, and tie designs selected will
have to be submitted to the Legisla-
ture. No financial engagement c;lu be
made until the Legislature las made
appropriation and given authority to
contract, etc. G. 7. WALKER.
J. .. McLUCAs.
G.. X. HENDERSON.