Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-29
OVER DEAD HEROES.
ERECT MONUMENTS TO CoxFEDE~
RATES WHO DIED NORTH.
LEE CAMP MAKES PROMpT RESPONSE.
The Appeal Issued by the Joint Com.
1000 Needed to BE Raised
Among the Camps aud Chapters
Plans for Beginning Work. 7

The joint committee OF Lee Camp.
Confederate Veterans. the Daughters OF
the Confederacy. and Lee Camp. sons OF
Confederate Veterans, appointed to de-
wise means to erect monuments over the
graves Of Confederate soldiers who died
in northern prisons. have embarked with
much enthusiasm on the work AS n pre-
liminary step, tho committee has framed
an address, which will be mailed to every
Confederate organization extant, and II
is confidently believed that the response
10 it will be so generous that the 5000
required TO erect the thirteen monuments
proposed will be promptly forthcoming.
The committee. as in duty bound. SUBJ
mitted the circular TO Lee Camp. Con-
federate Veterans. for its approval at
the last meeting OF that organization.
The camp not only endorsed the letter
very heartily but appropriated s25 for
the fund.
TEXT OF THE ADDRESS.
Tho text OF the address is as follows:
Confederate Veterans. Sons OF Vete-
rams, Daughters OF the Confederacy:
There lie in prison cemeteries throughout
the North 5000 OF "Our Dead" With two
exceptions Camp Chase and Camp Dou-
gns), no stone marks their resting place.
IT'S true they sleep we'll. for all tho
world is native land TO the brave" but
soon even the localities will be forgotten.
Died In prison." these boys OF ours,
many from the far South, In their blue
jeans and brown cotton clothes" SILVER
ing from the cold blasts OF the North
even before the icy hand OF Death touch
ed them. VINO has reminded us OF our
I,tfx t.t bo M fhpsQ dead herOpsI
A generous Federal officer, bearing the
scars and stu sufrNring from the wounds
won honorably In battle with hese men.
SUGGESTION OF col KNAUSS
All honor to Colonel William II. Knauss.
of Columbus o., who. in May. 1897, sent
out an appeal 10 the United Confederate
Veterans. asking that the graves OF
Confederate prisoners buried at Camp
Chase should be remembered. This was
done, but there are still 10000 who rest In
unmarked graves. Had we forgotten "our
dead? 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 come when these
graves must be marked. To accomplish
this object 1t will be necessary 10 raise
about $1,000 We only ak for simple
shaft at these places, erected before tho
next annu meeting OF tho United Con-
federate Veterans In July. 1898. What
ever sum this committee has IN hand by
next spring VIII be divided equally be-
tween the prison cemeteries This fund
is 70 be- known as the monument fund
OF Confederate prisoners buried I'm north
ern graves" AMI all contributions are 10
be Gent to the treasurer. Colonel James
T. Gray, past commander r. II. Leo
Camp, No. 1, Confederate veterans, Rich
mond, Va. and nothin can be drawn
from this fund. except over his signature.
THEIR SACRIFICE AND SUFFERING.
These dead heroes Of ours from every
Southern State appeal TO their survivors
throughout our land. Remember their
sacrifices and suffering. All should feel
II their privilege 10 contribute 20 this
cause. Those who have relatives or
friends stiil wounded ard missing may
join I'm these monuments. and feel that
their loved ones will now be recognized.
1t is such a modest sum that is asked,
it ought to be readily gotten nc once from
our camps and Confederate organizations
alone; but to insure success We cor
daily invite eycry one who is interested
in the Confederate cause 10 contribute
their mite towards the accomplishment OF
this noble object.
All contributions will be duly acknow-
ledged by the treasurer.
THE COMMITTEE.
The committee In charge OF the work
IS composed as follows: Messrs William
p. Smith, James r. Gray. and Corbin W.
Mercer. Lee Camp; Mrs. n. V. Randolph.
Mrs. Dabney Carr, and Mrs. Kate J..
VIM, Daughter OF the COnfederacy:
MIR J. u. d. Stuart, Jr, Rev. James IL.
Cook ard Mr. ~. Leslie Spence. Jr.. Soma
Of Veterans.