The Atlanta constitution., 1898-10-17
MARK THEIR GRAVES
Arp Talks About Neglect in Attending
to Soldiers Graves.
SHOULD HAVE HEADST0NES
So That People Could Locate Their
Loved Dead Who Fell in Defense
of Their Country.


of Their Country.
Mr. John s. Hoshour, Of Woodstock. Va.
writes me that Colonel William Holt. OF
the Eighth or perhaps the Tenth Georgia
volunteers, died at my mothers nome
during the civil war. His body was tender
~ buried, for he was a soldier, IL gentle
man and Christian. and we became much
attached to him, | think be was from
Macon but we have never heard from his
kindred | was then a boy of sixteen, ana
now there are only two of us living VINO
know OF his grave. The headboard that
marked it has gone to decay. Recently
learned that your wife Holt, and l
possibly may be related to or know or TINS
Colonel William Holt, and hence l write to
you.
Who can respond to this letter. and VINO
will mark THAI soldiers grave? My wire
was not Il Holt, but her mother was ana
as all the Georgia Holts are KIN either
near or remote, She wishes me TO mtho
inquiry and do something for this forgotten
man She says "Mr. Hoshour and ms
mother have been kind and thoughtful
and now that grave must be remarked. IL
will cost only a dollar or two for q maFple
headstone. | wonder what branch OF the
Holt family this Colonel William Holt pc
longed to"
l have looked over Colonel Avery s cain
Ioeue and find that Captain Willis c. Holt
commanded company G in the Ienth G@or-
eia regiment; chat he afterwards became
major and then colonel of the regiment.
This regiment was commanded Ht9t 'S
Colonel Lafayette MCl,awS. next by AllEe"
Cumming, next by John b. Weems, next
by w. c. Holt and last by A. j. MC5rlue,
OF course some surviving comrade can te''
lis about this Holt, and Will write to MI
II,
hover around their graves, how heartl"SS II
is tn neglect them. II IS sad enough TO De
buried by strangers afar from nome ''l'N
kindred, and sadder Still to be among lle
unknown and unrccorded dead. ct couI7c
this cannot be avoided during war, p'I
there is no excuse for negloctng the graves
Of kindred who are buried Within easy reach
Of horne. If there be ghosts and haunt5
aid sDectrcs frequentlng gravtyards they
must como from these neglected graves
Respect for the home OF the de'o 'h'
craVevard-tho cemetery-is one Oh tH7 D0't
evidences of a civilized and klhd-Hcd 'eU
neoDle Graves do not require hlohui'Si''7'
hnt thew do silently demand bItc"'1oi-
rhev should be protected from Wantoh III
+rusion There is a grave here now IN MI
obandonod cemetery, . potter HeIu' oEe'
which rude and careless feet tramp ""l'y
and in this grave was ouIleu Tue lIO"-
a man long honorcd and loved III Geo 80
4 broken. mildewGd marble Slap IlI"' i''3
his name and age lies upon the blou'pt
where it has faAeh, II - " ,I1 Of tho
no FAMILY name that this grave Oh l''o
o,,costor has been 50 long neglected. once
! ,,rnro TO a man and suggested th'I t' Sli'i-
r1c shaft or tombstone be placed "Sc' -
fathers graVe-a ld'I'ol ! +ba4 tho
his day-and he "tolo i1' '''' &c rya.rt
,,,or+e Of the living We're more ihpoA'd"I
than sehtlNeHta' "o'| mad \ marble
That man was "S''1'l1 .I,,t errave yVo-
headstone placed u man ,,.l sentiment
man has more ii'tN' ,.,, Il IS the
about such things thah ma ,or mid
mother who visits the SraNg 20 .+ Rar-
and decks it with Mowers. ,. o+ the
rett says that wv oman ""2 ,,5 1Tal
cross and earliest AT td9 h'"', r ll,-ad
leck says that lhe sidHeS
ones are our piIS''Ht ,, ,,o,sa I'm
! wonder II there - u r, u,o,,,
this country Where 90 '"'E '''' ~.
for the dead in Ne" lo'h ~ ,
ca2o? We read that IN H"St"''" az
some parts Of Germany the oo'i'7 "l '''
dead are allowed but tHi''| S'1l2
in the cemetery ana are ''yl a. ,,l -L
ana the bones thfoW@ IN 'n' .'''' 'o'
and there tHey uG''S "it" 49,. 49,,
dust Land is too valuable to keep on
spreading It into GfaVeyaiu9 an" >" -
keep on using tie SEINE &foth" eN+'S ',-
ty years Th- sentiment OF respect l"I ''9
homes O" the dead IS presumed ~ P''2
away in that time IA'Fc IS n''liIsI
hut bones and not man? ol l''SIl' 'l9
at least better ihan citL'"''"h' "'
for the dead, Of course, pct lil'L' ~ |I''"
10 tho living VINO loved tAehl' S71E''u ann
Drofana history abOUHds III mention Oh non
ors to the dead aud respect for thoT Ouil''
r1ace The cave Of MQchpclah Is po9IuFeN
Isno0,n and was the burial place or No'@-
bam and Sarah. OF Isaac and Reoeh'th