The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-12-23
ASHES OF A HERO.
No Monument to Mark His Grave
at Winchester Va.
4 MERE MOUND IN CEMETERY

The Last Resting Place Of Maj.
Gen. Dan. Morgan Described.
Failure Of the Effort to
Erect Monument.
The following about the hero Of the
Battle of Cowpens, printed under the
Winchester, Va, dateline in last Sum
days Baltimore American, may prove
Of interest to our readers, most eS-
peciallY those who are at all familiar
with the Revolutionary war history OF
South Carolina. The British forces
at the battle of CoWpens were led by
Col. Tarleton:
In the public cemetery at Winches-
ter, Va, lie the remains Of Maj. Gen.
Daniel Morgan Of Revolutionary fame,
and the hero of the Cowpens in a
grave marked only by defaced and
weather beaten marble slab lying fat
and even with the ground.
Several years ago movement was
inaugurated in Winchester having for
it's object the erection Of a suitable
monument to the memory Of the gal
liant soldier who served the cause Of
American independence so well and
did so much to further the triumph Of
the colonies in the long and oft-times
seemingly hopeless struggle with the
mother country. An appeal was made
to congress for an appropriation in
furtheraDce Of the movement, but
was not successful.
The grave in which the ashes OF the
gallant soldier repose IS not neglected,
however, but the turf around it is
kept smooth and green, and the spot
is one of the first pointed out to
strangers visisting the cemetery, and,
though no marble OF granite shaft
rises over the last resting place Of the
hero, his deeds are as familiar to and
his memory as proudly cherished by
Americans as if they were recorded IN
enduring brass and bronze over the
place Of his interment. The truth OF
this is shown by a fact which does not
seem to be generally known outside of
a narrow circle about Spartanburg,
S. G.
In the centre of that town stands
monument erected apparently as a
centennial commemoration Of the Bat
tie Of CoWpens, which is surmounted
by a bronze Statue Of Gen. Morgan, Of
heroic size. This monument has a
square base Of granite resting on a
broad granite subbase, from which
rises a granite column on which stands
the statue. The inscriptions on this
monument are exceed 'ngly interesting
and tell the story OF its erection iD
terse, but graphic, language. These
inscriptions cover the front, sides and
back Of the base and subbase.
Those on the front are as follows:
TO
THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS
who,
on the field of Cowpens,
January 18th, 1881,
Fought Victoriously
The Right Of Self. Government
and
Civil Liberty,
We enjoy the result Of their toll ano
sacrifice; let US emulate their
fortit1de and virtue.
This column is erscted by the
States Of
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,,
Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New York, New jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Nortl Carolina,
Virginia, Georgia
South Carolina,
The Old Thirteen States,
and
The State of Tennessee,
1881.
MORGAN.
The unanimous resolve Of the
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
crowns this memorial column with the
form and face Of
GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN,
The hero Of the CoWpenS, who on that
field was victorious in the Great
Cause Of
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
The inscription on the back Of the
monument is as follows:
One hundred years ago
the men
Of the North and South
fought together
and by their blood secured
The Independence
and cemented the Union Of the
AMERICAN STATES.
The bond that then bound them to-
gether is the
Bond of their Fellow wCountrymen
today.
The Common Country
they created is the heritage OF all
their sons,
The Perpetuation OF the Republic
Of their Fathers
is the Safety and Honor
Of North and South,
- Alike the sentiment and
duty Of all
the States.
ESto Perpetua.
WILLIAM WASHINGTON.
The Washington Light Infantry,
To WhG'e custody