The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-11-26
BILL ARP'S WEEKLY LETTER
AN EMPHATIC REPLY TO ADJUTANT
MILEY'S ACCUSATION.
QUESTION OF NEGLECTED GRAVES
William Declares He Meant No Reflection
On the Virginia Memorial AssOci-
alton In His Letter.

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alton In His Letter.
HEADQUARTERS SHENANDOAH CAMP No.
$50, United Confederate Veterans, Wood
stock Va, November 4, 1s9s.-Editor Atlanta
Constitution: "Calls Attention to Neglect
OF Soldiers Graves is the headline Of a
letter appearing in Tho Shenandoah Her
aid, Woodstock, Va, of this date for which
credit is noted to "Bill Arp in The Atlanta
Constitution.
l feel 1t to be incumbent upon myself on
behalf OF my associates In arms, and more
especially on behalf of our Ladies' Memorial
Association and Daughters of the Confeder-
acy--comrades of this camp concurring--to
refute the injurious statements contained in
tho letter.
Woodstock is situated between the battle
fields of the Shenandoah valley (known to
so many COnfederates), and comrades killed
in skirmish or those who died from wounds
or disease, were buried, some by comrades
on the field, some in the church cemeteries
and some in family burying places, and after
the close of the war between the states, the
remains Of al except those buried Mt their
homes were collected and reinforced. Each
grave was marked with lasting yellow locust
head and foot boards bearing the name.
rank, company and regiment of the soldier,
or Unknown"
The Massanutten Cemetery Company was
chartered during the year 1890, and subse-
quently donated eight lots encircling Holly
Circle"-beautifui for situation-and these
have been dedicated and consecrated US the
final resting place of our heroic dead.
The roll has been preserved incomplete as
to Colonel Hunt and others, it is true, and
has been published in The Confederate Vet
eran and other papers, and copy the same
here for insertion in the columns of The
Constitution. if you will be pleased to do so:
l. E. Elrod, Fifth Alabama
r. McLndon It,, X, 26th Ga.
g. R. NJ. Ackridge, T, 18th Miss
T. - Bowen. It., f, 9Th Ala.
s. s. F. Bird, X, 36th Va.
6. j. H. Stephens, G. S. A.
T. J. B. McNealy, C. s. A:
P. Fearless, G, 5lst Va.
Q. George Roberts, B, 9th N. C.
10, 7. Murphy, r, 10Th Va, Cav.
II. J. H. McGlughleD, Fl, 10th Va, Cav.
70. J. Z. Marsh, 43rd N. C.
ID. H. H. Zigler, B. Goth s. C.
IA. W. Moses, G. s. A.
i. Turner, 4th NC.
8. NJ. Black, D, 4Sth N. c.
u, J. W. Clouts, 1, 9th Regm't.
). Il. Gargener, X, Bird Ala.
10. J. P. Thomas, G, 18th N. C.
20. W. A. Hill, B, 9th Va. Cav.
81. Thompson C. s. A., Ala.
%. J. D. Elliott, Oath Ga
%. Z. o. Riley, 1t. 9Th La.
"a. W. L. Marshall, G. s. A.
rs. ]. H. Marris, Z, 18th Ala.
26. G. Henderson, 25th Va Cav.
o. ~ w uldISu, LI., VI, Otu hlib.N
%. r. Moler, D, 18th Va Cav
20. J. Boley, G, S3d Va
80. W. H. Henshaw, C. s. A.
81. G. B. Harding, B, I'd Va.
80 J. M. shipp, 1, 9th N. G.
SO. J. Miller, A, 51st Va.
"a. J. B. Murphy, B, lst Va. Cav.
IS. H. Blith, l. I'd La.
So. S.Price, Capt. 3Sth Ca, asst. Surg.)
81. - Holt. Col, 9Th Ga.
SO. NJ. A Yost, 1t. A. oath Miss.
SO. r. Ford, C. s. A.
40. W. Harris, I, 31st Va.
Al. s. H. Dixson, F, 9Th N. G.
a. H. Carpenter, H, 45th Va. Cav.
43. J. Joiner, B, 25th Va. Cav.
"A. C.s. Farrer, G, 3sth Va.
As. E. Quinn, F, Sd N. G.
46. M. s. Blith, I,'2d La.
AZ. W. Austan, G, sth Va Cav.
4s. P. H. Spyrer, H, Goth s. C.
40. Michael Cullen, d, 18th Va. Cav.
so. P. Nolen G. s. A.
Oh. D. j. Carr, II, 60tb va.
SO. s. F. Finn, I, 9Th Va
30. W. Brown, X, 10th Ga.
Thirteen unknown.
We have been devoting our energies to
the erection Of monument to record their
names and perpetuate their memory, and
confidently expect to complete the work in
the near future. Donations have been re-
ceived but the fund Is still insufficient.
Each grave, except the unknown, is num-
bered as indicated.
Honors to our dead ard respect for their
burial place have not diminished from lapse
Of years or changed conditions, and each
year, on thesecond Saturday in June flowers
are strewn and old memories kept alive,
which we trust may never cease.
Had the correspondent Of The Constitu-