The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

81 dct was passed authorizing the gov
ernor to appoint a commission of
twenty-three members, being one men,
Der for each Mississippi organization
participating in the defense OF ViclSs-
burg. viz: The 4th, 35th, 36th 37th,
3sth, 40th 42d. 43d and 46th infantry
regiment; Sd battalion and 5th regi-
ment Mississippi State troops, Missis-
sippi Partisan Rangers, company 1st
Mississippi Regiment Light Artillery
and batteries A, C, d, E, G, and L of
same; 14th Mississippi Light Artillery
battalion, and one battery of same, and
Hudson's Mississippi battery. sit will
be the duty of this commission" to CO.
operate with the National Park COM
mission in ascertaining and exactly de-
termining the position of each Missis-
sippi organization in the defense of
Vicksburg, and also to recommend to
the governor such subsequent legisla-
tion as will, in the opinion Of the COIN
mission, permanently and suitably mark
the positions thus determined, and
worthily commemorate the valor and
services of Mississippi soldiers in the
campaign and defense of Vicksburg.
Each member of said commission shall
have served with honor in the defense
of Vicksburg, and with the organiza-
tion which he is appointed to repre-
sent, and shall serve on the commission
without pay except as to necessary
travelling expenses" And for this pur-
pose the sum of $1,000 is appropriated.
Gen. S. d. Lee, chairman of the
Vicksburg Park Commission, is exceed
ingly anxious to have these appoint
ments made, and the governor will an
nounce the appointments when list is
completed. There have been no appli-
cations or recommendations received
from the following commands:
The 36th, 40th, Ard and 4Sd lnfan-
try regiments; Sd battalion and 5th regi-
ment State troops; 14th Mississippi
Light Artillery and one battery of same;
Hudson's battery; Battery E, 1st Light
Artillery; battery G, same.
Battery q was Cowans battery, oi
vicksburg. Most of this company was
cut off at Bakers Creek and became
attached to Loving's division, but there
are several survivors who served dur
ing the seige.
Battery E. of same regiment, com
manded by Capt G. F. Sanderson, was
from Carroll parish, louisiana.
When appointments are completed
the governor will name the date fol
assembling at vicksburg, when ths
commission will organize and proceed
with the duty assigned it.
Twelve of the Most Notable Events In tn,
History of Mississippi.
, The Daughters of the Confederacy il
Richmond have in hand patriotic en-
terprise, to perfect which the desire t.
, get statement of twelve of the mos
, notable events in the history of eacl
Southern State. Having been called
upon through our friend, Miss Mary b
Harrison, of Columbus, we venturet
the following:
5 1-Admission to the Federal Union
: December 10, 1917.
2-Constitutiona convention of 1882
l constitution as revised abolished Office
of governor; all State an'
county officers elective by the people
life tenure of office forbidden; propert,
qualification for suffrage or Office re
1 moved; ministers of the gospel mad
eligible to all public offices; superio
and probate courts created.
3-Married women enabled to &C
quire or dispose of property, real o
personal, in their owu name, act Feb
ruary 10, 1889; code 1880, sections ,l6
and LILO.
4-Systems of common schools estat
. lished ls46. 1868 and 1886.
5-Secession convention and ord
nance withdrawing from the Fedora
Union, January. 1861.
> 6-Seige of vicksburg, May, Jun
|, and July, 1858.
Il 7-Re-admission to the Union, Eel
ruary %, 1870
s-Riddance of alien and restoratio
of home rule, 1875.
9-Establishment of an Industria
+ Institute and College for the whit
girls of the State. Act March IL, 1888
1O-Convention and the constitutio
= !, of 1890.
y 11-Appropriation for million dolla
= capitol.
: i2-Appropriation tor textile schoo
o indicating industrial development an
n progress.
II A Confederate Heroine Mt Rest.
The Baltimore Sun of the sth cor
y tains an announcement of the death {
= Mrs. Helen +. Patterson, wife of DIR.
70 w. Patterson, who will be remembers
> by the survivors of Humphries' brigad
: as surgeon of that command. Mr.
p Patterson will be specially remembere
g for her heroic labors in the battle field
y and hospitals Of Virginia. She wa
"a Mrs. Helen F. Mason until after tn
war, when she married DIR. Patterson
- whom she first met on the battle fielt
a r,rtg garl a