The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-30
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SOLDIERS ~ LAKEWOOD.
About one mile beyond the eastern lin
JOS OF the city. and short walk from
the end NJ the car llne the city cemetery.
lakewood. is located.
The enclosure contains IS acres. which
lo in picturesque sections upon the un-
duiatlng hliisides which are fringed with
shade-trees and eversreens.
In 1853 the first grave was made within
its limits and since then the
Caravan that moves 10 that mysterious
realm,
Where each shall take his chamber IN the
silent halls OF DEATH"
has brought thousands 10 It's peaceful
shades. and now m0re than 10000 are i'm
TERED beneath the oaks that suggested
The name of their resting place
During the awful days Of the the war;
when Mcclellan. Boo 1902. was knocking
an the doors OF Richmond, there were
Confederate soldiers from eyary South
ern State who answered bis attack. No
veteran here to-day fails TO recall how
the soldiers fell before the artillery blasts
ike leaves from the forests at autumn.
They fell in tie soldiers ranks. and they
were given by our hands graves worthy
our soldiers dead.
Ia lakewood they were placed. and. as
far as possible each grave was marked
by The name of IT'S occupant and side by
side almost in battle array 1900 Con
fedcrates are laid 20 await the bugle CAL
OF the resurrection.
Nor shall their glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
And honor marks the sacred spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps"
The erection or monument comment
orative OF the army thar was sleeping
beneath the sod was undertaken BY the
noble women Of tie lakewood Memorial
Association. and to-day a beautiful gran
ite shaft. thirty feet in height. IS situated
upon little knoll that rises IN the midst
OF the soldiers lot.
The front OF the monument bears the
Inscription.
TN Memory'of 1900 Soldiers from Thir-
teen States Erected By the Ladies Of
the lakewood Memorial Association. May
10Th. 1866"
ON the next side Of the shaft is engrav-
cd. The epitaph OF the soldier who falls
with his country is written In the hearts
o; those VINO love the right and honor
the brave"
The remaining sides OF the monument
are utilized for the record o. the tE.r-
teen States as follows.
Maryland. Florida. Virginia, Georgia,
North Carolina South Csrol'ra, Tennes-
see. Arkansas. Texas, Kentucky. Ala
bama. Mississippi. and Louisiana"
Just at the entrance Of the gates o.
Oakwo0d the SPIDERS division begins.
and under Ale shadows % tall elm. a
marble shaft has been erected, anl bears
the following inscription.
"in memory % Leon Hlnters. Capt n.
". Walleys company. 9Th Regiment.
Texas"
SHADES or HOLLYWOOD.
In the spring o. lN7 two gentlemen
from Richmond were visiting In Boston.
They visited Mount Auburn" a beauu-
ful cemetery near that city. and deter
mined upon one OF a similarly solemn
p.cturcsqucncss for the suburbs Of Rich
mond. i'm the months following che holly
wood Cemetery Company was formed and
the present admirable site Was selected.
Hollywood Was the name selected by the
company from the large number OF holly
trees that grew within SIS limits. although
Its gracefully sloging bills were crowned