The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09

in their hearts tnank the Kind friends who nave SC generously looxed attsr Confederate graves at Madison, Wis. The cfforts of the onelarmed Union sol- dfer, fuga Lewis, ougat 10 be espe- cially recognized, and his proposition Tor the erection Sof- q monument should he eagerly and promptly carried to success
 commletee pn Military Anatfs,
 House of Representatives, .. g..
 washington, D. c., July $, lsol-
 Mrs. w. j. penan, President C. B. M.
 Association. New Orleans, I.a.:
 My Dear Madam-Referring to yours of June znd, and in accord with my pronfAe of pune H. am pleased to h. form you that I was enabled to secure for you q copy of the pamphlet request ed 1 would refer you to my ltttef ad- dressed to lne Chairman of the Commit. tee of the C.. Y. Association, Washing ton D., C.. and published on page eisnf Of said pamphlet. can only add that as a matter of course the hc1d boards are now in a worse condttfoi than foac years ago, and will soon be passed iden. iificattoiI If any thing is to De done. u must be done quicKiy. Thes Committee appointed by the CIV. Association failed in theft efTorI to raise funds, for the erecting of q monument, iff fact only secured enough Tor the punlis hins of this pamphlet. am a one.arfned Union sols dier, and though of limited means, would aw iplngiys subscribe to a. fund for the erectionfofA suitable mondment. for l consioer II q .idudabie object My home
  Day 1 assisted in decorating the graves gof the Centederate oeAu. fhe s-aves and markers arc we'll kept. have been q lrnessenger in the House of Represent atIvcs for the past twenty.fdur years. and q letter ada.ts-ed to mo care Com mittee on Mtiitarv Affairs. will reach me, and receive prompt attention. Hop ing that yoa will not lose sigat Of tnas ,,.s buried fatthest from tntir Confederate dead and native home, tm
 Very sincerely ,yDrs,
 Washington, D. c. Nov, .. 1887.
 Franklin h. Mackey. Esq. Chairman.
 etc., Washington. D. C.. Dear Sir--In Forest Hill Cemetery at Madison. wis. where have tong resided and which city Is still my home, there afe the graves of log Confederate sol- dlers who died there as pfisoaer5 ot war tn the spring Of ls6-. Inese , werF many others were removed to Madison awaiting parole or exchange. Their re-. nfovaiT1 the far North al that season or t1e year caused (, eat amount of SICK. by the exposure endurcd on me way: lSetwee en the @ad If April and the Sd or July, Jsa, died, and irinediateiy those who survived wsIe II 4naLsfreo oontn for exchange. hoze S ho died were tald side by siae in a plat adjoining one as ssigned for the burial of the Union dead ! Of the Confe der ates. n0 were from Ala ~bama regiments. mostly Of the lst Ala few were from Louisiana. ArRansas s and other Southern States. For TWO or tshree years following the close of tne war, little attention had been glven 10 the care of these graves, and SenLsu crate Rest showed many signs of nsS- lecI. About the year ls6s tnere came to Madison, Wis, a Southern-oorn wo- man, Miss Alice w. waterman; q naS I.n culture and retint me nt, and who al tnat time possessed considerable mes ans, Ai- though this lady had removed Witn neT kparsnts from her native state ,e,.a 70 ~, v York at the age of 9 years. her love TOT the South ana its people never waheo. < Hoon after her advent in Ahaulson ne, attention was called to the neglected condition of "Contederate hest; @ Waterman had recently lost her nus band and every near relative fhe- I'sa of those who form the ties ot eonsan' guinity were most entitled 10 nef re, gard and affection seems 10 nave a t'[,,Ie q, S,. er fields of cha-itable work. She at ohcs became Interested In recialmins anu bSautifying the eorsaasen graves or COh Chs tedepate Rest; shortly oy nvr wronra Wwn .n. closed by. a board fence, ana tne pIae' p ornamented with beautiful shade treei and hedges. and every grave properN ' marked by headboards. AS me year nassed the fence and headboards showed signs of falling into decay. Lhen sn' caused the fence to be removed ana !, it's stead a stone coping, one foot h!k' and s4i feet long swoaS Mas plSSeu iaSs aSoA tw, W. .efaet by three feet were put at the nea' .-,of each grave upon which were lnscEipe' -the name of each soldier his company regiment and date of death. Ot tnes Rows in Gray" who thus died. far from home and among strangers. only ", sleep in unnamed graves Owing to tn' indefatiRable efforts of this 'oVod aMh' M lowing woman, Confederate Rest IS to day ia excellent preservation: BIt wna af ftn futureP on the 18th of Septemhel iast t1s97) Mrs. Waterman died, moarns ( by the whole community Tn whlch Sh' M had moved as a ministering angeI ioi mssriv thirty years Her pail bearers were a.nong the most prominent z tlzon If her, adopted home. and her funera services wero attend5n by ,, ' larse ',,, con .h, ruliny passion s strong in death: hel iast wish was that she be buried II "coEfeJerlte Rest among my noys: , as she always spoke of them. III tnes' days oi cold fnateT!all5m, Of selnsnhes ssand son id money getting. the life Of thl noble woman appears sublime. bS ne zeal and devotion, in this lapor or ioss "her memorial is grayen in all nunta tsa hearts On the evening or NoVeihns 3e4th, inst. theenAdeysigncd appeared pe o.Tfcre tnes Washfngtun Confederate Sam Band briefly rceited the foregoing fact' sand urged upon thc camp thdC so'S
 Ertion be taken toward the erectlon ut |. &Spermanent and appropriate Tnohunle"e . &sihe memory of this devoted womaIi' Sn 1the preservation cf the last resei' place of these Confederate dead, AS jesuit of that informal talk commute r of three was appointed, with myseli Arhairuan, with Instructions to take sue v faction as seemed best in the premlses sAAs was then promised and as an ai 3sfo vour committee lu furtherance or u Gyork, the undersigned herewith presen EspaperS containing the names ana Inih EStary organizations of all those ouItS !; EatN Madison, two excellent pnotOsl apta mlv5ews of confederate Rest. SorTeS ssand bcautiful portrait of Mrs. WAte- 2 ,4an. new paper accounts of her life, an death, including an account oi her lAs E iIin,ss. and In full the funeral dlscours sRpronounced by the Rev MT. Socnt .aH ai R@toeerher with other matters Of intcres IA careful examination or these paper and documents will doubtless giW Vo new zeal in the labor you have ia ~ nc and in that behalf I bld you God -Pee'
 Very truly.
 Hugh Lewis. Sco. A. Wis. Infantry. Iron BSdgade
 Army of the Potomac. |,
 Alice Whiting Waterman. born ,o Y ARaton Rouge. La. october lstn. is., iS-, Died at Madison. Wis, September i'ei
 '''' List of Dead.
 s The subjoined Is as complete a ast those who lie buried in 'Confeder@ sRast" Madison, Wis, as can pc U. tained. There are five graves wnich al ndams. T. C., Co. k. lst Alabama.
 Aoner. H. J., Co. D, lst Alabama