The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-07
ANTIBTAM SHAFT
Is DEDICATED
To Both Blre and Gray
Presented To Government.
is A FRATERNAL BONE
President and Other Notables
Participate In Exercises.

a bpcCldl 4IOm hoSo3oSS"oS 's
says: Another link in tho chain which
binds together the once wsrring fac.
tons of the north and south was
forged Wednesday by the dedication
of a monument erected to the memory
of the men who wore the gray as we'll
as those who wore the blue, and who
died in mortal combat on the bloody
field Of Antietam.
This event, which is possibly with
out q parallel in the history OF the
world, was graced By the presence OF
the president of the United States, ac-
companied by many members OF his
cabinet; q score or more OF United
States senators, as many members OF
the house, the governor of Maryland
and prominent men of the states.
There were present hundreds OF
veterans who fought for the .'lost
cause" and thousands who fought for
the side that proved victorious. Side
by side they stood with uncovered
heads throughout the ceremony.
Colonel Benjamin F.. Taylor, as
president Of the Antietam Battlefield
Commission of Maryland, then pre-.
sented the monument to the national
government and Elihu Root, secretary
of war, in brief address accepted it
on behalf of the United States.
Then followed short addresses, main
" of reminiscent character, by Gem
erals John B. Brooke, James Long
street, Orlando B. Wilcox, J. E. Dur
yea, Senators Foraker, Burrows. and
Daniel and others who were promi-
nent on the opposing sides in the
great struggle. These were followed
in turn by Representative George b.
Mcclellan, of New York, and other
members of both houses OF congress.
The band played s'Hail to the Chief
and General Douglas introduced Presi-
dent Mckinley, who delivered the adj
dress of the day. The president said
In part:
'.Mr. Chairman and Ny Fellow Citi-
zens-I appear only for moment that
I may make acknowledgment for your
courteous greeting and express in .
single word my sincere approval OF
this occasion for which we have a.
sembled today.
.In this presence and on this memo
rabls field I am glad to meet the fol-
lowers of Lee, Jackson, Longstreet
and Johnston with the followers OF
Grant and McClellsnd and Sherman
and Sheridan, greeting each other not
with arms in their hands or malice in
their souls, but with affection and re-
spect for each other in their hearts.
(Applause.)
s'Standing here today one reflection
| only has crowned my mind-the dh-
ference between the sections and that
of thirty EIGHT years ago. Then the
men who wore the blue and the men
who wore the gray greeted each other
with shot and shell and visited death
upon their respective ranks. We meet
after all these intervening years with
but one ssntiment-that of loyalty tc
the government of the United States,
love for our flag and free institutions,
and determined men of the north
and men Of the south to make any
sacrifice for the honor and perpetuity
of the American nation. (Great Ap.
plause. =,
"My fsllow-citizens, I am glad,
also, Of the famous meeting between
| Grant and Lee at Appomattox. am
alad we were together, aren't youy
(cries of yes, yes')-''glad that the
union was saved by the honorable
terms made between Grant and Lee,
under the famous apple tree, and there
is one glorious fact that must be al
ways gratifying to us-the American
soldiers never surrendered but to
Americans. (Applause.)
"The followers of the Confederate
generals, with the followers OF the
federal generals, fought side by side
in Cuba, in Porto Rico aud in the
Philippines, aud in those far-of islands
are standing together today fighting
and dying for the flag they love, the
flag that represents more than an!
other banner in the world, the best
hopes and aspirations of mankind. !"
fGraat and long continued applause.