The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-20
Our Dead al Cllickamanga.

An effort will be made to erect Il
monument to the South Carolina Con-
fcdcratc dead in Chickamauga Park.
The following memorial is being cir
culated throughout the State for sigma
lures:
TO the Honorable the Senate aud
House of Representatives OF the State
of South Carolina: The undersigned
respectfully call to your attention that
by joint resolution passed on Dcccm
Der %, 1894, provision was made for
the appointment of what is known as
the Chickamauga commission; pursu-
ant to which commission was appoint
ed by the Governor, consisting of Gen.
II. J.. Farley, Capt. r. L. McCaslin,
Capt. Perry Moses, Capt. a. c. Apple
by, Gen. G. !. Walker. Capt. c. X.
Henderson, l.. =. Harling, Capt. +. j.
Goggins, Major J. D. McLucas and
Capt. Culpeppcr to inquire into and
report what suitable monuments should
be erected to commemorate the deeds
of the Confederate soldiers of South
Carolina upon the Chickamauga battle
field. Said commission was duly or
ganized, visited the battlefield and
made their report, recommending the
erection of suitable monuments for
said purpose at proper places OH the
field.
Nothing has becc done towards sup
plying the commission with means to
carry out this laudablc end, and we
earnestly urge that the General AS
sembly appropriate at its next session
at least the sum of $4,000 for said pur-
pose. 1t is due by the people of South
Carolina to the heroic dead who per-
ished at Chicllamausa that said monu-
ments should be erected, and we are
satisfied that the taxpayers OF the
State will sustain the general Assem-
bly, in such action.
In addition the following order has
been issued to Confederate Veterans:
Charleston, S. c., Sept. ). 1S99
General Orders No. 45.
At the Chester Convention the fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Resolred, 1st. That this Convention
memorialize the Legislature to appro-
pirate the sum necessary to erect proper
monuments on the battlefield of Chick
amauga to the yalor of the sons OF Car
olina who participated in that glorious
victory.
cd. That the accompanying memorial
be adopted, and that copies be sent to
each camp, which shall secure from
Veterans, Sons of Veterans and citi-
zens signatures to the same, and that
these memorials be returned to the
division commander before January
/, 1000.
Sd. That the division commander
shall appoint a committee of five, who,
with himself, shall constitute a COM
mittee to present the memorial to the
Legislature.
Camps will please secure signatures
to the accompanying memorial; not
signatures of Veterans alone, but OF all
citizens of South Carolina who would
endorse the memorial.
Most of the Northern States, and
many of the Southern States. have
erected such monuments, and it is due
to the matchless bravery OF South Car
olina's sons that the places consecrated
by their hcroism shall be marked in
common with those OF other States.
AS the memorials on the battlefield
now stand South Carolina had no part
in that glorious victory. Shall this
remain so? Shall the magnificent valor
OF her sons be still unmarked:
The comrades of this division are
urged to secure so many signatures
that the General Assembly will be
bound to respect their request to do
honor to the splendid achievements OF
the sons of South Carolina.
BY order of c.. Irvine Walker. Com
mantler S. C.. Division, L. c. Y.
JAMES G.. HOLMES,
!Adiutant General, Chief OF Staff.