The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-14

commission, of which Henry &. Lon
don was made the chairman, selected
the design and the monument was
built at Raleigh, and thence shipped To
the spot. the design OF the construction
being by Cooper Bros. There Is mark.
Ell simplicity of design. While there
are more than $50 markers, small III
size, showing the position of the Fed
erai troops AT A~ppOmattox, his is the
first one erected showing what the
confederafes did there. Fol some rea-
son it has been regarded rs a fact that
there was nc battle at A~ppomattox.
while on the contrary there was severe
fighting and the United States officer
now on duty at military headquarters
at Raleigh, who was then on duty In
the regular artillery, saw the capture
of one of his batteries by the North
Carolinians.
LOCATION OF THE MEMORIAL.
The point chosen for the memorial
is the center of the line of the brigade
of infantry commanded by General
William Ruffin Cox, which fired the
last volley. the attack having been
planned by his division commander,
General Bryan Grimes. Smaller mark
ers indicate the point of the capture of
the battery and of the last cavalry
charge, the latter being under the
command of General William P. Rob.
erts. The lady chosen to unveil the
memorial is Mrs. Mary Grimes Smith,
a daughter of General Grimes, and the
elk hea l1iarttrs fiag of Grimes divis-
ion was dish aged, this having been
brought bach to RGleigh by a private
soldier, OF n of thesm most notable FAM
lilies in the state. who placed il under
h'S clothing ard Eext 10 his body.
VIRGINIA NIrERANS PROTEST.
1t came about ltat when it became
known whit the lnatriptiOn vas upon
the memorial, that some of the Vir-
ginia veterans took offence at it, stat
ing that b. claims were not accurate.
and some amps, ven II at Appomat-
tox, II Il meeting formally voted not
TO participate. :,u: ',li~rs noh no part
III such action and the governor of the
s:lte accon~ II 18th great courtesy and
prOmptness the invitation on the part
OF North Carolina to deliver the adj
dress Of welcome, to which Governor
Glenn, of this state, whose father was
a Confederate soldier, responded.
There were i'll North Carolina also
found some Confederate veterans who
did not like the inscription upon tins
monument, notably State Auditor Dix
Oh and Gen. Cox, both of these holding
that the inscriptions setting forth
North Cardinals claims were not i'll
good taste and might wound the feel
ings of veterans from other states, nor
that they were inaccurate, but because
they thought they would moi have plac-
ed upon certain memorials which in
their opinion should only set forth
what occurred in Appomattox. General
Cox had been designated as one of the
principal speakers, but he wrote to
Chairman London, Of the veterans
commission, notifying him that he
should not be present. On the other
hand, Julian S. Carr, the major general
commanding the North Carolina divis-
ion of United Confederate veterans,
expressed his very great satisfaction
with the memorial and also with the
inscription upon it.
ODE BY HENRY JEROME STOCK
ARD.
North Cardinals foremost poet, Pro
fessOr Henry Jerome Stockard, was
designated by the commission to com.
pose and read the ode at the ceremo-
MES, n his production is regarded as
q notable one, striking a high note.
The following is the ode: