The Washington weekly post., 1899-10-24

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woodstock. Va. Oct is.-Ex-soldiers OF
Oh. r.. war. both ConfedeTates and
r-rz men. came from all parts of Shea
.-srt Rockingham. and Frederick cOun-
..s r.-... 90 participate In the ceremo-
10 attending the unyelling Of the monu-
.-.as TO r.. Confederate dead, erected IN
r..4a.u.l Cemetery by Shenandoah
rsast.r. United Daughters Of the Confed-
ss.. Ta- procession to the cemetery
z.s headed boy Capt T. J. Adams chief
---aal. ". g.. Campbell. E. T. Hoover,
s-4 d J. Egshong, assistants. StoneWal
E-g.se Band, Assistant Marshal James
Painter. and marched IN the following
f,.s-. Mary Clst.s Lee Chapter. Children
rH. C.Hr,I,raCy, under Mayor Rodef-
s.r Shenandoah Chapter. L. ID. c, Wood
vr-k. Hon John ". Daniel, Gen. VIII
ANS. ar. ur +. D. Stephenson. chaplain
Shenandoah Camp. Mrs. Williams. presI-
don't M.- Stephenson. historian Of Shen-
.r.saa Chapter. LIlss Addie Gale MiIey.
4. carriages. Cavalry Band Shenandoah
Camp. Woodstock, Commander Rhodes:
v..uer A-auy Camp. Winchester. Lieut.
Commander Hotel. Slower Camp, Stras-
Hr Commander X. d. Funkhouser;
Hugh Ma-g.re Camp. Lebanon Church,
Commander Miller. Meyers Riddleberger.
r5.rtlr-. Commander NJ. Funkhouser:
Res HeI. Newmarket, Lieut.. Commander
Peace. ZeFps Band. NJ. BY. assistant
MARSHAL. Boys Uf the COnfederacy under
CAPT .. Is. Aagruder.
Crowded Around the shaft.
Al the cemetery the crowd assembled
around the monument, and Chaplain
Stephenson led in prayer Miss Addie
Gale Ni.ey, daughter OF George W. Miley,
dew The veil from the shaft
After brneiictiOn by Rev. ]. p. Hyde,
O. Winchester, an old war chaplain. the
parade reformed and returned to town.
saere dinner was served for 1.2CO veter-
ans There were fully 400 visitors in
tlVu for the occasion.
Al The close of the war the remaius of
tas dead Of this vicinity. EXCEPT those
buried at their homes. were reinterred in
hr church cemeteries in Woodstock Each
gave was marked with head and foot
boards bearing name. rank, company,
lli regiment OF the soldier
About TWO years ago the Massanutten
CEe-ery donated a section containing
eight lots In the prettiest part OF the Gem
reTy for the final resting place Of the
dead CoHfederates. The section was decd
-i 70 Shenandoah Camp, L. G. V, and
Shenandoah Chapter, L. d. c. SiXty-siX
graves iE the old cemeteries We're opened
and the remains reinterred In a circle
around where the monument now stands.
Inscriptions on the Monument.
The monument is seventeen feet above
the base stone and twenty-One feet above
he ground. II is a beautiful shaft of
Italian marble. The front Is toward the
southwest, and the inscription is as fol
bRs:
Erected by the
Shenandoah Chapter
United Daughters OF the Confederacy.
In memory of the
Confederate Soldiers
Buried in Woodstock Va
On the sub-base stone is the date, 1899,
an on the southeast side:
Cast down. but not destroyed. Cor, iy:s
Honor and fame the record keep.
On the sub-base stone is the date 1861,
tni on The northwest side of the shaft:
Unknown This yOiceleSs stone in deathless song
ila.i tell The story hos ye fell.
On the other two sides of the subj base
stone are the date 1866 and &C s. A."
anu on the northeast side of the shaft
his Inscription:
Sons Of Virginia.
North Carolina, Georgia,
Sol-a Carolina Alabama,
Mississippi Louisiana
Gould bleed aud die, but not with honor part
The .-fI-Yr- az Shenandoah
T. d. e.. who labored earnestly for the
Memorial, are:
President Mrs. James II. Williams:
vice president Mrs. George w. Miley;
t.Feiary, Miss Nettie Kneisley; treas
r.rT. Mrs, j. h. Grabill; historian, Mrs.
l. u. stephenson; registrar Miss Bette
u Donaldson
f--.s ~rr in hand 10 fully nquidate
.-- Indebtedness of the undertaking. and
ii47 -t--es are now working to place mar
ore markers on each of the sixty-siA
sI2y-s n The circle.