The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-20
VOLUME XXXY---NO. Il.
Our Dead at Cllichananga.

.\n effort will BIZ made to erect :,
monument TO the South Carolina Con
fcdcratc dead in Chickamau.a Park.
The following memorial is being ci
cnlatcd throughout the State for sigma
lures:
10 the Honorable the Senate AMI
'ionS' of Representatives of the State
of south Carolina: The undersigned
respectfully call to your attention that
by Joint resolution passed OH Dcccm
her ~. 1894. provision was made for
the appointment of what is know II as
lie Chckanauga commissions; pursu
ant 10 which Il commission was appoint
cd by the Governor, consisting of Gen.
IL. l.. Farley. Capt. Il. +. McCaslin.
Capt. Perry Moses, Capt. a. {. Apple
by. Cen. G. |. Walker. Capt. G.. X.
Henderson. l.. +. lIallng. Capt. T.. J.
GogginS, Major J. -. MclucaS and
Capt. Cnlpcppcr, to inquire into and
report what suitable monuments should
he erected to commemorate the deeds
of the Confederate soldiers OF South
Carolina upom the Chickamaug;, battle
field. Said commission WAS duly or
ganzed, visited til" battlefield and
made their report, recommending the
erection of suitable monuments for
said purpose at proper places on the
field.
Nothing has been done towards sup
plying the commission with means to
carry ont this laudabc end. and We
earnestly urge that the General As
scmbly appropriate ut its next session
ut least the sum Of Sl0,000 for said plr-
pose. L is due by the people of South
Carolina to the heroic dead who per-
ished at Clickamauga that said mOnu-
mcntS should he erected. and we arc
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. G., Sept. j. lS9a.
General Orders No. 10.
At the Chester Convention the fol
lowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Rcsolreti fSt. That this Convention
mcmorializc the Legislature to appro-
pirate the sum necessary to erect proper
monuments Oh the battlefield OF Chick
anauga to the valor Of the SONS of Car
olina who participated in that glorious
victory.
ed. 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
!, 1900
3d. That the division commander
shall appoint u committee of five, who,
with himself, shall constitute II COM
mittee to present the memorial to the
Legislature.
Camps will please secure signatures
to the accompanying memorials; 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 u.. the battlefield
now stand South Carolina had no part
i'll, 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 he
bound to respect their request to do
honor to the splendid achievements Of
the sons of South Carolina.
BY order of Z. Irvine Walker, Com
mander S. &. Division. l.. C. V.
JAMES 6. HOLMES,
Adiutant General, Chief OF Slnff