The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-15

mated That this work wnt Cost Eour
Thaus&nd DDla's
a nover7ent has bean started IN
| RichmoGd. Va, 10 erect monuments
io-er TIE graves Of the southern sol
! di.rs who died in northern prisons
| S;r&nas u say, the suggestion came
tra3l = ucrthsrn nan, q yetetaI Of tAe
; Ee&era} srmy.
Ccl William II. Knauss, OF Colpm
! b1s. O., las; MsY directed aa appel 10
;ths Caited Confederate Veterans, as!,-
: ;le snsE t3e graves OF the Confederate
| nr;sc;is.s st Camp Chase be remem-
! * red. ?nis appsal bad Immediate ef
iecs and resulted il calling attention
to the fact that %be resting places OF
% coo southern dead above Mason ard
! Dixon's line are unmarked. TIE re
cords in the archives at Washington
wee searched snd it was icuad that
there are 0,126 Confederate graves
!? distributed among thirteen northern
; prisons SIS follogs: 49,.
! Caup Butler, / Il-....>......-->e6 644
Camo Cnase, Q .-....-....-...,2. lGo
| ECzmp Douglass. l!l.........'..'.1 03s
Gasp Merton. Ind. nd.........-...'.2 70
Eini1a, \. Y G-.-...............2 100
Fort Delaware, Del ...-....... q, . Is
| /. .rt McTteurg, Md.....--.>.-.-. .
Jahnson Island. 0 .....,,..-.' las
! i ri L.fayetsH. n y barbOr.... :
Hart Island, n Y. harbor...... 229
Point Lockout, Md...... .......3, 446
! + 2cl Island. Il, 9oU
Eo"t Warren, N Ma$S..-.-...-..-. IL
I; was decided to erect monument
J OF grani;a-Confederate gray II color
at each Of these cemeteries. Tie
monuments will be cfuniform design,
plaia shafts, with appropriate lnscrlo,
ticAs. Il is estimated that about 81 COO
vii! cover the cost OF this vor ( and g
Joint committee from the Lee Camp
Confederate veterans, the Daughters
OF the Confederacy and the Sons OF the
Con- teGeracy, has undertaken the task
OF raising that sum. This committee
has issued an appeal 10 the people OF
/ the south for contributions aud their
thoDe Is that the responses will be SO
liberal as to permit the completion CT
all tie monuments before the next an
nual meeting of the United Ccnfeoer
ale Veterans IN July, 1898. All con,
tribu.ions are to be sent to the treas.
u,er, Colonel James T. Gray, post
commander of R. E. Lee Camp, No. l,
United Confederate Veterans.
The text OF the address IS as follows:
Confederate Veterans, Sons OF ct
eyaus, Daughters of the Confederacy:
There lie in prison cemeteries throus d.
cut the north $4,000 Of Oar Dead. ="
With perceptions Camp Chase and
Csmp Douglass, no stone marks their
res ing place. lis true they sleep
we'll, for al the world IS native land
&c the brave" butsoon even the local
ities will be forgotten. Died IN prls
or these boys of ours, many from
ne far south, II their blue ] eans and
! 1.o ~ oJ..ul 3!2..42s, 2a!TvE12=E' rom
the cold blasts ofthe north even before
the icy hand Of D<a:h touched them.
VINO has reminded Us o! cgr duty to
the memory Of these dead heroes2 Z
generous Federal officer, bearing the
scars and sill suffering from the
wounds won honorably IN battle with
lhase men.
AL homer to Colonel William Il.
Knauss. CT Columbus, c., who IN
May, 1897, sent outan appeal to the
United Confederate Veterans, asking
that the graves Of the Confederate pris
oners buried at Camp Chase should be
remembered. This was done, but there
are still $4,000 who rest in unmarked
graves. Have we forgotten our deadf
No; but the cry OF the needy wives
and children OF these dead have been
ever at our door, and We could not
reach beyond.
The time has now cone when these
graves must be marked. To accom-
plish this obj:c: it will be necessary to
raise about 81 600. We only ask for a
simple shaft at these places, erec:ed
before the next annual meeting Of the
United Confederate Veterans n July,
1898. Whatever sum this committee
has in hand By next spring will be dl,
vided equally between the prison Gem.
se:eries.
This fund is TO be known as the
| monument fund of Confederate pris
oners buried IN northern graves, and
all contributions are to be sent to the
treasurer, Colonel James I. Gray,
cast coumsL der r. Z. Lee Camp No.
Ii, Confederate Veterans, Richmond,
Va, and nothing can be drawa from
this fund, except over his signature.
These dead heroes of ours from
tevery southern state appeal to their
Survivors throughout cur land. Re
member their sacrifices a1d suffering.
All should feel it their privilege 10
! contribute 10 this cause Those who
Eave relatives or friends still wound
ed and missing may join II these
monuments, and tcei that tAe!r loved
ones will uog be reGog2!z ID.
1t is sacl lAodeSs sun that IS
asked. it ought TO be readily gotten ~
| iolca from our camps and Coafedera e
! Organizations alone, bat TO insure sue
| cess we cordially invite every one wao
is interested IN the Confederate cause
70 contribute lh-ir mite towards the
laceom plishment Of this noble object
| Tre committee in charge OF the work
is composed as follows: Me3srs. VII
liam 2. Smilh, James T. GrSy Sad
| Co.biu w. Mercer, Lee camp; KRIS.
| \. V. RANDOLPH, Mrs. Dabaey Carr
and Mrs Kate J. N!nn, Daughters OF
| iContederacy; Ar. J. E B. Stuart, j: :,
I l., T,.pcS - :1SoL- sDS Mr. r, az