Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-28
In OLD WINCHESTER.
THT NORTH CAROLINA MONUMENT
IN sTONEwALL CEMETERY.
SIXTH MARBLE MEMORIAL.
Nearly All the Funds for 1t Raised
Other Monuments-The Unknown
Church.

| Special 1.-THE funds have about been
raised for the monument to the North
Carolina Confederate dead. who are
buried in Stonewall Cemetery here. This
VIII make the sixth memorial in mar
BILE in the cemetery, erected by the peo-
pie Of the South in memory OF her sons
| who died for conscience sake. Mary
land, Virginia, Georgia, and Louisiana
have beautiful and costly tributes erect
ed on the grounds over their heroic. dead,
while the ladies' of the South have
erected a magnificent monument to the
memory of the 800 unknown dead who
lie buried in one large mound. This
memorial is one of the first in the
South, and was unveiled in 1882 It is
surmounted by the statue Of Confede-
rate soldier On the base are the words,
ITO the Unknown Dead" On another
portion Of the monument are the words,
'Who they were none know; what they
were all know" a sentiment that no
poet OF any age ever excelled for depth,
pathos. and intrinsic meaning. Stone
wall Cemetery contains the remains OF
2534 Confederate soldiers, the following
states being represented: Virginia, 40;
North Carolina, AS; Texas, 5; Kentucky,
3; Arkansas, 20; Georgia, 2S9; Tennessee,
20; South Carolina, 14S; Mississippi. 66;
Alabama, 70; Louisiana, SO; Florida, 49,;
Delaware, !; Maryland. H. 1t was the
first battle-ground instituted for the re-
ception of it's soldier dead, either North
or South, and buried within its confines
are some of the most illustrious states
men and soldiers OF Revolutionary and
civil wartimes
DANIEL MORGAN.
Perhaps the best known Is General
Daniel Morgan the hero of Cowpens
The marble slab that marks his last
resting-place has been nearly all carried
away by relic-hunters. The inscription
on It is:
Major General DANIEL MORGAN
Departed This Life
On July 6. 1902.
Patriotism and Valor Were the
Prominent Features of His Character,
and
Tho Honorable Services He Rendered
To His Country
During the Revolutionary War
Crowned Him With Glory, and VIII
REMAIN III lue ntdItS VI iiAS
Countrymen
A Perpetual Monument
to His
Memory
The cemetery also contains the ruins
OF one of the first Lutheran churches
ever built in America 1t was erected In
l764. and was used as a barracks during
the Revolution. Buried in it are the
remains of one of the first Lutheran
preachers in America-Rev. Christian
Streit. The following is in the record
of the church:
"In the name Of the Father, Son. and
HoIv Ghost. Amen The foundation
OF this temple, by the grace Of God. was
laid in the year of Christ, 176i, on the
18th OF June.
THE MEMBERS.
"The hearers in and founders OF this
temple are all and each members OF the
Evangelical Lutheran Church. at this
time. residing in the city OF Winchester
tc-wit: Thomas Schmidt, Nicholas
schrack. Christian Heiskell, David Deite-
rich. Christopher Wetzell, Peter Holfer-
stein. George Michael Loubinger, Helm
rich Becker. Jacob Sibert, Jacob Braun,
stephen Fraeneker. Christopher Altrich,
Tobias Otto, Eberhard Doring, Andros
Friedly, Amanuel Burger Christopher
HeintZ. Donald Heigel, Jacob Frautwine,
John Segmond Haenli,
'JJnder whose care and inspection, and
at whose expense this temple was built,
at that time bore rule George Ill, King
of Great Britain, our most clement mas
ter. and his officers and Governor In Vir-
ginia. Francis Fauquier, in Williams
burg. then presiding with highest au-
thority, and Thomas Fairfax, Chief Ma
gistrate of this whole district, at that
time residing not far from this city. who
has given to us gratuitously and of good
will. two lots OF ground, comprising one
acre, for sacred use.
This temple has been consecrated to
the Triune God, and to the Evangelical
Lutheran religion alone; all sects, whatso-
ever name they may bear, and all others
who either dissent from or do not fully
assent TO our Evangelical Lutheran re-
lion being forever excluded. AS per-
manent record of which TO our posterity,
this paper is here placed, and has been
deposited for everlasting remembrance
in this corner. stone.
Drawn up in Winchester, April 6.
MDCCLXIIII.
JOHANNES CASPER KERCHNER.
LUDWIG ADAMS. Scribe.
ANTHONY LUDI,
"Schoolmaster in this city"
Adjoining the Stonewall Cemetery is
the National Cemetery, in which repose
the remains of 4iS0 Federal soldiers,
and scattered throughout the cemetery
are many costly and handsome monu-
ments, erected by comrades to their