Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-07
MONUMENT UNVEILED
In Memory of South Carolina Dead
Mt Winchester.

WINCHESTER, VA, June 6.-(Special)
Under a clear sky and with cool
breeze stirring, the South Carolina monu-
ment to the 1l9 Confederate soldiers from
that State who are buried in Stonewall
cemetery was unveiled there to-day with
appropriate and impressive ceremonies.
over ten thousand people cheered when
Miss Marguerite Trenholm, daughter OF
Mrs William VI. Atkinson, pulled the
cord which released the drapery from
around the stately shaft. 1t was one OF
the largest crowds Of people ever seen IN
Winchester. Just prior TO the unVelllng'
Colonel Franklin II. Mackey, commander
Of the Confederate Veterans Association,
of Washington, D. c., made an address,
after which Miss Trenholm, who is her
self a native of South Carolina. stepped
forward, and placing a rich wreath or
palmetto and flowers at the base OF the
monument. unveiled the memorial. The
parade which preceded the unwilling was
one of the largest ever seen here.
The following is the order Of the parade;
First Division-Chief-Mars William
p Carter of Clarke county, and aides;
Mechanics Band. of Martinsburg w.
Va; Turner Ashby Camp Guard. captain
A. NJ. Baker commanding; Sarah Zane
Drum Corps; Turner Ashby camp, CON
federate Veterans, OF winchester; CoIonel
John J. Williams commanding; the j. Il.
y. Stuart Camp, of Berryvtlle, Command
err T. ID. Gold commanding: slower camp,
OF Strasburg, Commander r, ID. FUNK
housed; Berkeley Camp, OF Martinsburs
w. Va, Commander j. W. McSnerry; the
William Richardson Camp, Front Royal
Va. Commander Giles Cook, Jr.; High
Mcguire Camp, OF Lebanon, Commander
William Miller; John w. Rowan camp; OF
Charlestown. w. Va. Commander Julius
c. Holmes; Shenandoah Camp, OF Wood
stock. Commander n. NJ. Rhodes; the
Rosser-Gibbons Camp, Of Luray va,
Commander r. s. Parks; the Meyerckld-
dleberg Camp, of Edinburg, va, COM
mander Monroe F'unkhouser; delegations
from visiting South Carolina Camp.
Second Division-Union 'Cornet Band;
Sarah Zane Steam Fire Company, NO. J.,
of Winchester; the Junior Fire Company,
OF Charlestown. W. Va; Southland Hose
Company. of Winchester: the City Band.
Of Charlestown, w. Va; Rouss Hook-and-
Ladder Company, Friendship Fire COM
pany, and Charlie Rouss. Fire company
OF Winchester MarunSDurB W. val
Third Division-Citizens' Band. of Win
chester. Va; Ladies' Memorial Associa-
ton; Daughters of the Coniederacy; 1u-
nior Auxiliary; School Children.
Arriving at the cemetery. the exercises
were opened with prayer by Rev. DR.. ..
X. Cox, OF the Braddock-Street ehurch,
of this city, after which Colonel John j..
and introduced Captain John w. Capers,
OF Columbia. s. c., who made an address
on "The Sons OF Veterans" After music
by the bands, an original poem dedlcated
70 the Confederate dead from South Caro-
lima In Stonewall Cemetery was read by
DR.. Henry NJ. Clarkeson, OF Haymarket'
Va. c.,.N c,ro
lima. delivered the principal address,
after the unveiling.
The monument was erected chiefly
through the efforts OF Mrs. Atkinson wife
OF Judge william NJ. Atkinson, OF this
city. Mr.. Charles Broadway Rouss. the
New York millionaire, subscribed one
half of the cost OF the monument: The
memorial is a stately shaft OF Italian
marble IS feet in height. 1t Is designed
after Cleopatra's needle, and rests on a
series of bases and sub-bases. IL stands
In Stonewall Cemetery at the head Of the
lot wherein are buried the Confederate
dead from South Carolina. On the north
side OF the die is I'm Memory or the liS
Confederate Dead OF South Carolina; on
the south side is Lord God OF Hosts, Be
With Us Yet, Lest We Forget Lest we
Forget: on the east side is Tho Lost u
Be TO Men, 1t Lives With God Again
on the west side Is medallion or the
Palmetto State arms