The herald., 1895-05-31
Dedication of the Confederate
Monument in Chicago
BLUE AND GRAY COMBINE
Very Impressive Ceremonies Held by
the q. A. R. Posts
Large Assemblage Of Confederate Veterans
Attend the Ceremonies Gen. Hampton
Delivered the Grafton
Associated Press Special Wire.

socially the historic Mason and Dixon's
Line" has been obiterated from the map
of the United States and in the leading
features of the Memorial day ceremonies
here today it would seem that politically,
as well. the dead line" laid down over
a generation ago to make the territorial
division betwe our slave and our free
territory has been thrown dowh.
With the dedication today in this, one
of the staunchest Union cities, in the
heart of the country whence came the
blue-coated warriors who marched from
Atlanta to the sea-, of a handsome mon
ulnent to the lasting memory OF those who
wore the gray and fought for the lost
cause under the stars and bars, the Con
federate high watermark' was estab-
lished lar north of that set at Gettysberg
by the force of arms; this, too, with the
ungrudglng consent of the staunch
Unionsts among whom it is placed and
with the counteance and assistance OF
the veterans in blue--the foes in arms
but friends in peace doing honor to an
acknowledged yalor which is now the COM
mon heritage of our common country.
The dedication was accompanies by
perhaps the most impressive ana lmpos-
ing ceremonies among the exercises set
down for Decoration day in any part OF
the Union.
At Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty
fifth street, then III the outskirts, but now
in the heart or this city. a stockade was
b-llt during the civil wal and named
Camp Douglass. and there many thous-
snds of Confederate prisoners were con-
lined bewteen the years of 1862 and 1865.
The men held there under the re
straints which bcfell captves of war had
spent their lives in the balmy climate
OF the south and the rigors of northern
winter told upon them severely. AS q
consequence 5000 OF them were liberated
by death and were buried in Oakwood
cemetery at Cottage Grove avenue and
Sixty-seventh street.
1t was to the me nor yof these 6C00 who
had died in a military prison in an en-
emys country that the monument was
dedicated by their comrades and op-
ponents in arms on the spot where they
lie buried. 1t is the first monument to
the confederate dead erected in the
north, and the event was perhaps with
out parallel in history. 1t does not ap-
pear that anywhere else on the face of
our globe, within O. period OF thirty years
after the close of a bitterly fought war
the vanqulshed have ever before erected
m onument to the memory OF their com
rades in arms in the heart of the victor's
territory. Especially has the sight not
been witnessed of the victors heartily
joining the vapquished in doing honor TO
the valor of the vanquished dead.
This dedication is the outcome of
movement inaugurated by the Confeder-
ate association of Chicago. 1t undertook
to raise the necessary funds for the erec
tion of the monument, and Gen. John Z.
Underwood. a. southern othcer in COM
mand of the northern division of the nit
ed, Confederate veterans, was chosen to
CARRY the work forward. The fund
started with $500 from lecture in Chi
cago by General Gordon of Georg ia.
Citizens of Chicago also subscri bed Sl0,
600, and subscriptions by confederate
veterans and others, the south brought
The monument was three years under
construction.
The largest assemblage of distinguished
confederate veterans ever seen in the
north was one of the notable features of
the occasion; Those present included
Iongstreet. Stephen D. Lee, Fitzhugh
Lee, Harry Heth, S. &. French, E. c.
Waltham, Nj. c. Butler, l.. l.. Lomax.
Marcus J. Wiring, Frank G. Armstrong,
Eppa Hutton, Joseph Q. Shelby. William
II. Payne. Fayette Hewitt, A. Evans and
Joseph II. Lewis. Nearly all these dis
tiguished visitors, accompanied by their
sentatives of the Confederate associatio IL
of Washington, d. c., Camp Moultrie
Sons of Veterans of Charleston, S. c.,
and representative delegations from At
lanta and other points south, arrived yes
:crday. They were met in the depots by
comrades in arm, who preceded them and
by the local reception committee, com
posed of federal and confederate veterans
AMI the leading professional and busi-
ness men of the city, with suitable
escort and driven to their hotel. Later
they attended a matinee performance at
AI al
welcomed to the city by Mayor Swift,
General Gorden responding.
This was followed by most brilliant
banquet at Kinsley's.
Todays ceremonies began with the
ringing of the Columbian liberty bell,
firing Of national salute by Battery d,
/. G. on the lake tron6. Then parade
erals was formed. and moved under mill
tary escort to the Twelfth street depot
and took trains in waiting for lakewood
cemetery, where the dedication cere-
monies occurred. The military escort of
the well known First regiment, |. n. G.,
well as the Chicago hussars, mounted
organization of seventy-five men, under
command of Captain Quincy.
The dedication ceremonies were opened
with prayer by Colonel Joseph Pickett,
chaplain of the Kentucky Orphan bri-
gade. G. S. A. Then General John c.
Underwood in few introductory re-
marks, placed in the chair Rev. Dir. W.
III. Bolton, pastor of 1.-The Centenary Meth
odjst church and past commander u. S.
Grant Post %, G. A. r., of Chicago, who
delivered a Drief address on assuming his
duties. The dedicatory Grafton by Gem
eral Wade Hampton of South Carolina
followed.
The exercises closed with the firing of
three volleys over the graves of the dead
by the First regiment. I. N. g., ending
with bugle blare and taps.
Following these came the decoration of
the graves of union soldiers in the GEM
e:ery by ex-confederate associations, as
sisted by large number of visiting ladies
from the south, many of them noted
southern beauties. Among them were
General Underwood's daughter, General
Longstreet's daughter, General Cabell's
daughter and many other celebrated
southern women.
After the exercises the guests were en-
tertained at luncheon by the Chicago club
and reviewed the procession OF the G.
A. Il. from the balcony of the Auditorium.
Sonight taere will be military ball and
reception at the Firsts Regiment arn,ory
md q rtceptionIat the Palmer house.
The display OF flowers on the graves of
..le confederate and federal dead was
@ery impressive and will long be remem-
r,ered. For several days they had been
coming by the carload. six carloads hay-
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