Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-05-13


All of the above gentlemen are |
imbued with the sense OF respon-
sibility of their work and are indie.
fatigable in their effort to speed |
the cause and open the park to
the world. 1t is rumored that
between 500 and 1000 men will
be employed this spring, grading
roads, etc.
The soldier from the North
sleeps his last sleep in the bosom
of the sunny South, his marrow
home carefully tended, watched
over and beautifled by the govern
ment, and loyal Southerners would
have it so. They grudge them
not the watch.care, the bright
buds and blossoms nor floating
flags; but where are our own
heroes who fell in that bloody bat
tle9 Widely scattered over the
scene of conflict are rude hillocks
overgrown with saplings, brambles
and briars. Here and there, amid
the fern and MOSES, there blooms
that sad flower of mortality,
cleaning skull, to tell the tale of
the noble spirits that went up
amid shrek Of shot and shell, and
left their stiffening grey clad bodies
to be sh0veled into narrow bitches
and given scant covering of
earth, and whose bones the merci.
less rains and upturning blow
have exposed to the elements. In
the cemetery of our countrymen,
scattered to the four winds, the
bones of Ourfathers, our brothers,
our husbands and our kinsmen.
THE soUTH's WAR DEAD.
At the close of the war the
South was so devastated as to
render it impossible for her to
provide suitable cemeteries and
monuments for her dead, but with
such means as were possible the
treasured remains of her heroic
; dead were gathered together in
public cemeteries and cared for as
tenderly as possible. While the
Confederate dead have not receiv
ed the honors due to their cour
age, neither envy or regret IL
felt at the honOrs paid Northern
soldiers. The time will yet come
when some great-hearted states
man from above the line will say
of his own volition to congress
assembled, "The Confederate sol
diers were brave American citi
f zens, and this government shoult
, perpetuate their memory in monu
ments of enduring marble" Blu
until that day dawns shall we
, the South make no effort to rea
. memorials to those whose bone
I. lie quietly bleaching on Souther
e sOil9
RI In the national cemeteries a
t Chickamauga and Stone River
!. monuments have been erected b.
Southern friends 10 Southern he
!. roes, and shall not Shiloh Par
receive like honOrs! Shall nc
!. these bones, so pitifully shining i
/. the sunlight, be gathered up an
i monument erected to commend
a rate the brave deeds done in til
4 body and mark, in one united mat
i solemn, the spots where loyt
\ hearts poured out their life bloc
>. for the lost cause!
o Possibly it rests with Souther
n women to raise the money to ereC
h monument within the limits {
!, Shiloh Park that shall say to con
e ing generations, "Here rest tn
q brave.n For when have the wome
h Of the South failed in an unde
g taking? In a small Mississippi
! town the women, grieved to see til
q graves of Confederate soldiers III
Il marked and neglected, though til
sleeper in each lonely tomb wa
craven on the "monumeht
n marbles" of the hearts of those
~ whose veins ran the same re
4 blood that was spilled so freely
n their defense; though each annu
!, decoration day found the mario
a. mounds mass Of flowers TIL
o told of loving hands, yet, no sha
NJ pierced the air, pointing heaye
u ward to tell the tale Of hero,
+ fallen. The patriotic women ban
20 cd themselves together in an ass
=, citation called "The Little COME
+ crates" They raised funds |
r. giving plays Of the war, concert
ETC., always accepting, but nevt
70 soliciting, contributions, until Il
ID | necessary amount was raised, al
70 today a lovely marble colun
II watches over the sleeping dust
e. those soldier boys; and if pulls
"a less dust could be thrilled by lo'
20 and appreciation, doubtless hapI
70 ness pervaded these silent hom
a at the thought, "our labors we
N not in vain; we're not forgotten
~ What the women of one sms
~ town could accomplish for Il
IN village cemetery, surely by unite
. effort the women Of the South CO
is do for Shiloh Park, and place wit
40 in its borders monument tb
of shall tell future generations
ID those who fell for us and who a
dear to every Southern heal
Women Of the South, the char!