The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-01
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To the Surviving Couf> derate Sol
liels. their Sons and Friends:
Comrades and friends, at meet
ing of the South Clrcliua Division
United Confederate Veterans held ut
G:eenyille, S c., in June last. it was
decided to erect, somewhere in the
bounds of the State Of South Carolina
a monument to the memory Of the
noble women Of the Confederate
States. No noblcr cause was ever
undertaken by men. If you will but
travel through the States that once
composed the Confederate States YOU
will notice in neally every city worthy
Of note monument erected IN some
CONSPICUOUS place to the memory OF
the Confederate soldier. These
monuments iu neal!y, if not every
instance, were built through and by
the exertiOns Of the fair women OF
the South in order that the CoDfed
crate soldier should not be forgotten,
if the cause for which he fought was
lost. Ii you will but allow your
memory to carry you back to the
Confederate hospital you vii! remem-
Der tie many kind and charitable
deeds done by the devoted women Of
the Confedcracy. Many cf you who
are tod,y alive. are no doubt, in,
| deLted to these noble women for
your lives. Must they be forgotten? ?
The answer comes back aud the echo
resounds NJ. Then, comrades, to
the front, and answer to the buSle
call that was sounded at Greenvillc.
and let the monument be erected
Let old Lexington not be found in
the rear rank, but t. the front as in
battles Of the cause for which you so
ncbly fought. How many of you
can look back upon the past and
thiuk Of some devoted mother now
dead and in her grave and perhaps
| forgotten, who, while you were
absent in the army fighting for the
cause you loved so dear, was at home,
aud at night, spun, wove and made
clothes to VAIN your bodies, while
The government you were fighting to
sustain was not financially able to
pay for comfortable clothing for you
to wear? How many of YOU can
think of some loving wife, who has
long since passed over the river and
is now at rest under tie shade of the
trees, who, willie ycu were battling
for right and justice, was at home
conducting your farms, and raising
supplies to feed our half fauishcd
army while Jour government was
unable to pay for the rations to sus
tain and poulish your bodies? How
many of you can look back and think
of some kind and devoted sister who.
mindful of Your wants, was ever
ready to supply you with the ever
needed articles scarce, and hardly to
be had in the army of tie Coufed-
eracy, such as handkerchiefs, socks,
shirts and hats which they made
with cloth, and with their own sweet
hands? How many Of you in look
ing back upon the past can have a
fond rememberance of lovely sweet
heart, who has passed off the stage
Of action, who always mindful of
your wants ara condition in the Cen
federate army, would furnish you
with beautiful scalf to warm your
throat and breast, would visit You
while wounded and at home, or
would attend by your sick couch Ill
the hospital and administer to your
needs medicine, and cheer YOU up
while you were perhaps, almost ready
to give up to die the louely death Of
soldier! Comrades and friends,
thiuk of all these little incidents Of
the war and [ feel satisfied that you
cannot do otherwise than respond to
tie call and furnish the needed funds
to erect the monument to The women
of the Confcdcracy t. which they 50
Justly deserve. Survivors, we can
not, we Will not, refuse to obey. The
monument must be built: the women
of the South must not be forgotten.
They have built monuments and
statutes in memory of Our fallen
heroes, now we in turn must erect
one i'll memory Of them. The eyes of
the living women of the South are
open wide, and are upon US, looking
to see what we are going to do.
Have they not the right TO expect
the erection Of at least one monument
in memory Of their departed sisters
I think hear you answer, they have.
Then, Comrades, Sons of Comrades
and friends Of the Lost Cause. do