The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-27
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! the 10:h South Carolina regiment
tyrewrtten manuscr pit.
3 Sketch Of 10;ii ar 18Th Septt
G. rolina reg m MS, Gen Ellison Cafoc,
for Acjutant G aeral Of South Care
lima.
4 Sketch Of Is 4 and 24th South
Carolina regiments, by Gen Ellison
Capers.
5. Sketch Of Culpepper's battery.
6 Rolls Of 19h and Gath South
Carolina regim nts srd Culpepper's
bat;ery-,he rolls Of KershaW's brigade
beirg in Capt Diokert's book and Of
1O:h South Carolina reg;ment:in Col
Walkers book.
Z. Commissions as follows:
Commissions appointed urdel
authority Of the State Of South Carolina
to locate p sitio2s Of South Carolina
troops, and to erect monument and
markers to the same, On the bat .lefeld
Of fChickamauga,
First commission, to locate positions
Of South Carolina stroops, visited the
battlefield, May 1S:h, 1894, and locat
ed the position thereof:
Gen Hugh L. Farley, Adjutant and
Inspector General, South Carolina:
Major G. K Henderson, Capt Z. J
GoegaDs, M>joc j, D McLucas,
ve:ersns Kershaw's brigade.
Gen G. l. Walker, Capt R F,
McCaslan, L P. Harlin 6, veterans
of 10th and 10Th South Carolina regi
ments.
Capt Thcs }. Appleby, veteran Of
24:h South Carolina regiment;
Capt J. F. CuIrepper, Lieut.
Perry Moses, veterans Of Culpepper's
battery.
The above ccm mission recommended
that suitable monument and marker:
be erected In response thereto the
Second commission was appointed
under authority Of g join resolution Of
the General Assembly, December %
1894, to seIec5 designs and secure esti,
mates for said monument and markers.
Gsa G. Irvine Walker, Msjo.J. D.
MeLucss, Major G. K Henderson.
The above second commission select.
ed designs, secured estimates and re,
ported to the next seassion Of the Gen
eral Assembly, but no appropriation
Haa made.
A. its Convention of 1899 the S uth
Carolina Division, Uoited Confederate
Veterans, decided to memorisljze the
General Assembly AID urge that proper
respect be paid sons who fought
who fought and who died at Chick
amauga. In response thereto the
Third commission was authorized by
General Assembly at its session of 1900,
and an appropriation of $4,000 was
made for the erection Of said monument
and markers, to he erected by the com
mission, at such places as it may decide
on. The commission was to consist Of
the Governor, Adjutsnt and Inspector
General and thrae Confederate Vote.
1ans. It vas as follows:
Governor Miles B. McSWeeney.
chairman; Gen G. Irvine Walker, &C.
cretary, Veteran; Gen j. ". Floyd,
Adjutant and Inspector General, South
Carolina, Veteran, but appointed e1"
off 10; Major G. K. Henderson, Col
j. Harvey Wilson, Veterans.
Under the supervision Of the above
third commission the Sluth Carolina
monument, in the corner stone OF which
this record is deposited, was erected.
1t was dedicated, unveiled and turned
over to the commissioners Of the Chick
amsuga and Chattanooga National Park
this 27;a day of May, A. D. 1901.
Also were erec:ed the granite markers
for the various commands Of South
Carolinans, as follows:
Oae to Kersbaw's brigade and one to
each CT its regiments, i. e., I'd, 81, 7th,
9;h and 18th South Carolina regiments,
and James's South Carolina Battalion
on Snodgrass Range.
Ooe 10 the 10Th and 18th South Caro-
lima regiment OH Sncdgrass Range.
Oae to the 24:h South Carolina reg
iment on the Kelly farm, near the
Shell monument, to Col Colquitt.
One to Culpeppers battery, in tie
Poe field.
Ali Of which is duly certified to by
Niles B. McSweeney, Governor Of
South Carolina, and chairman Of the
commission; G. Irvine Walker, Stcre-
tary Of commission.
The daughters Of the Confederacy,
through Mrs. Thomas Taylor, presi-
dent of South Carolina Division, have
been invited. In accepting Mrs Taylor
says: II hope many Of US may have
the distinguished happiness of showing
homage to our soldiery on that occa-
SION" II is horp:d that all the
Daughters will attend.