The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-07
Gen. WaIlace's Wrath Aroused by an
Inaccuracy i'm Blue Prints Issued
by the Park Commission.
HIS SPEECH ALSO A SURPRISE
DEFENDED HIS RECORD AT SHILOH
WITH EARNEsTNEsS,
And Declared the Union Army Was
Not Prepared for the Fight-Scenes
and Incidents of the Day.
tan Correspondence of the Journal.


SELMER. Tenn, April 6.-In the bright
ness of a Tennessee spring day, with the
trees and grass emerald green. the twenty
two magnificent monuments to the In
diana regiments that fought at Shiloh were
dedicated to-day. Fortune smiled kindly
on the happy old soldiers from Indiana and
gave them boon not enjoyed in years by
otler States-a clear. delightful day.
Five thousand people came to the ma
tional park from towns and hamlets in Nc
Marry and Hardin counties TO greet the
Northern soldiers. and their welcome was
the quiet, uneffusive greeting of the South
strong and sincere Among the Tennes-
seeans who rode to the field were grizzled
ex-Confederates who have many of their
grim battle scars. The gold lace and
plumes OF the Governors staff they scanned
auizzically. fidgeting nervously, but for
rheir own kind out OF the Hoosier State
they had a quickly extended hand and
frien Wy trust OF reminiscence. To see two
old Wheeler cavalrymen. still in boots and
butternut. explaining to two indulgent
Thirtieth Infantry Nestors that 1--WE sure
ly would have whipped we If Price had
showed up with his 10000 was something
not lightly to be forgotten, and so it went
from the first Arm in arm Union and
"Reb' walked the great battlefield in
friendly rivalry and decent braggadocio,
saying what was done and what might
have been done IL only that 'derned Price
had come I'm. In the great crowd of rustic
Tennesseeans were many women and chill
dren. eager-eyed and curious for glimpses
OF another kind of folk. The atmosphere
was that OF another day. About Ii there
was no rush. no restless hurry. 1t was
the same South. the same Southerners
OF g.
THE INDIANA PARTY.
From the feet of boats at Pittsburg
Landing came about FIVE hundred Indi-
anians. The feet arrived at Pittsburg
early Monday morning The Savannah tied
up first. coming in at midnight, and so
eager were some of the old soldiers for
look at the well-remembered place that a
dozen left the boat, and in the darkness,
guided only by the searchlight OF the Sa-
vannah. wandered through the National
Cemetery. where nearly four thousand lie
buried. The Clyde. on which was Governor
Durbin and staff Senator Beveridge. Gen.
eral Wallace and others. arrived next
Later the Memphis and Shiloh got to the
landing. Among the more distinguished
II,
of Indianapolis. General Wilder, Assistant
Secretary of War Sanger and Col Cornelius
Cadle. chairman of the National Shiloh
Park commission. Many women were in
khe Indiana party.
Miss Nellie Grant. daughter of Jesse
Grant and granddaughter Of u. s. Grant.
was on the Savannah. To her went out
In simple dignity the love and reverence
- A. IL t.
in sense but noble to see the kindling
eyes of Grants men as, in passing historic
bloody spots up the Tennessee. they would
Hook around the quite unaffected girl to
pour into her ears vivid memories of the
silent man at Johnsonville-old Fort John
son They told her half in shame. half In
amusement. OF Forests trick when he
leveled great guns OF wood painted black
across the river. of how he compelled. by
this subterfuge. the evacuation OF a depot
OF rich stores: of how he burned the sup
plies and sank the gunboats and of the
mighty anger OF Grant when he heard of
the needless retreat.
Again. as the Savannah passed in the
night while the big searchlight hunted and
found high hill palatial Southern
residence, the visitors told Miss Grant of
the old COMMANDER IN MS neaOQuarterS,
showing her the location OF the room
where he made his plans. For the digni-
taries the iron iegionaries had respect; for
the young girl they had impersoHal love
and reverence.
AMID WHITE MONUMENTS.
AT 10 O'Clock this morning the exercise
OF dedication began. They were held in a
rustic pavilion In the National Park. but a
few rods from the line OF siege guns. upon
which the Union troops fell the first day
AL around as far as the eye could see
were white monuments marking glory and
love. Away and away stretched the wooded
rolling ground OF Shiloh. keenly familiar
after forty-one years TO the veterans.
Before the regular programme. Colonel
Thomas b. Wood. of Franklin. of the In
diana Shiloh National Park Commission.
called upon General John Coburn. OF In
dianapolis. to address the veterans and the
crowd His words were mostly OF Grant
'1t Was a most providental thing. he
laid. that General Smith fell and left the
psmmand 70 T.. 9. Grant. 1t was task for