The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-12
NOT At ARLINGTON
States Confederate Dead
Sleep at Raleigh.
Mrs. Cicero W. Harris Says They Were Dis.
inferred and Reburied Here With
Military HonoyS.

To the Editor; The Julian G. Moore
communication in your Sunday issue is
misleading. Under my immediate super
vision Mr.. Wheatley, the undertaken at
Alexandria, Va, disinterred 10S N. C.
Confederate dead, buried at Arlington,
Va, and re- buried then at Raleigh, North
Carolina. with splendid military honors.
A member of Governor Jarvis staff, Mai
Hoartt, Of Raleigh, came here and veri-
fed the list made by the late Admiral
Thornton A. Jenkins, Mr.. Wheatley, Mr..
c. K. Harris and myself Admiral Jen.
kins secured the permit from the War
Department to have the bodies removed.
was present when the bones were dis
Inferred and saw that every grave was
opened If there are any marble head.
stones over alleged North Carolina Con-
federates at Arlington a mistake has
been made. l copied the original list
made from the old wooden headstones,
and surmounted by the word Rebel, in big
capitals that caused me to raise the mon
ey with which to send them home. IL
sent this list TO your paper and other
lca1ing State papers The work was done
Under the auspices of the Raleigh Con-
tolerate Memorial Association. The late
Mr.. w w. COrcoran sent me $50. the
first check / received with which TO de-
fray the expenses. The late DR.. A. Y. p.
Garnett, a son-in-law of Hon. Henry A.
Wise, sent me $22. balance left over in
the exchequer OF the Confederate Asso-
citation of the District Of Columbia, for
the same purpose. Such a row was
raised over these wooden headstones.
I1soa AC1 EVAh III A.
marble headStones were put up at Ar
lington over tie remaining ex-Confederate
dead. If any Nhere are accredited TO
North Carolina a serious mistake exists
somewhere for Admiral Jenkins and the
late Col. Bachelor compared my list taken
from original wooden tablets with the
United States War Department records
and found it correct. Captain Samuel
Ashe, Col. Fred Olds, Mrs. Armistead
Jones, then president of the Raleigh as
sociation; General w. r. Cox, Senator
Ransom and many others can tell you
about this and what an ovation the cor
tege received from the time the North
Carolina Confederate dead rested in state
in Christ church, Alexandria, until the
collins were deposited in the rotunda at
Raleigh. The Federal officers in this
city sent superb flowers. tied with blue
and grey ribbons, and the city of Alex
E,andria paid the U. S. Marine Band,
think $50, to play during the transfer TO
the Norfolk boat which, with every rail
road and steamship line going out OF
Washington and Baltimore offered me
transportation free from Alexandria to
Raleigh. The Federal officers at Old
Point received the boat with military hon
ors and flags at half mast The U. s.
band there played a requiem from the
time the boat was sighted until she land
ed her freight at Norfolk where ten thou
sand Virginians received the N. c. Con-
federate dead and followed them to the
waiting train which was draped in black
and carried car load of flowers to Raj
eigh Generals Cox and Ransom met
the train at Weldon. Governor Jarvis and
| Eve thousand N. c. militia, commanded
IL think by Col. Fred Odds, received the
|; \. O. Confederate dead at Raleigh. They
we're placed on two catafalques drawn by
| six black horses each, with negro at
| each bride bit and borne to the music
| OF Raleighs best bard from the depot to
| our State House. Next day. there was the
| largest funeral at the Confederate Gene
| terry Raleigh ever had. Several families
/ in Waltp county located their dead for the
| first time since 1864. You will find aslist
/ OF these soldiers either In the State Lib
I rary tho archives at the capitol or. In
! possession Of the Raleigh Confederate
| Memorial Association. You viii also find
| ittin the files of your paper. ! shalktake
/ pleasure in sending one of the original
wooden tablets, branded Rebel, which I
preserved as a memento OF a month
| hard work on my part, to the State Mu-
scum or Library as soon as l can find
| time to unpack it.
Generous and whole souled General
Julian S. Carr offered to foot the whole
bin If they were brought to Durham, bur
| the Ladies' Confederate Association OF
Raleigh would not consent to this and
| raised the balance to supplement the
amounts given me by Mr.. Corcoran and
| DR.. Garrett
This is an interesting but perhaps a
forgotten paragraph in the history OF
| North Carolina.
MRS. CICERO w. HARRIS.
Washington, d. C.