Evening journal., 1905-05-08

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very spirited one II Is, was erected by
Massachusetts, bronze figure Of a
volunteer, heroic size and IN marching
costume, looking across to the Confed-
crate lines from monstrous bowlder
Of thirteen tons weight brought all
the way from Massachusetts,. 1t was
designed by Mrs. Theodore Alice Rug
giles Kitson and was erected and dedi-
Gated in 1908.
The New York commission has Sc
lected a high knoll for the memorial Of
that state. which is now being erected
near the site of General Grants head
quarters. It was designed by an emf
nent artist.
Pennsylvania bought its own site a
tract Of ground adjoining ting park, at
a cost Of $4,000, and Just beyond Cen
eral Grants headquarters is erecting
a shaft sixty feet high and weighing
fifty tons. Rhode Island, Michigan, In
diana and other states have selected
sites for their memorials, which Will
be erected by them within the next few
years.
Grants headquarters will ba marked
by a shaft and tablet, and Sherman's
IN similar manner The commission
ers want an equestrian monument as a
memorial for Grant, and some time
they will get 1t. Pemberton's head
quarters in the city Of Vicksburg win
be marked with a tablet also.
The Shirley House, which was the
most conspicuous object In the Fed
eral lines during the siege and was a
landmark to both armies. has been re-
stored exactly as 1t was at the time
and will be used as a resthouse for
visitors and memorial museum. Cap
tain Shirley. who lived in the house at
the time Of the battle, was a New
Hampshire Yankee. His wife was a
Boston lady. and their daughter Is the
wife Of General John Eaton OF Wash
ington, for many years commissioner
OF education and afterward civil serv-
ice commissioner. Mr.. and Mrs. Shir-
ley were buried on the battle-ground.
and their graves have been properly
marked.
The positions Of the Confederate
troops have all been located by state
commissions under the direction Of
General Stephen b. Lee. who defeated
Sherman at Chickasaw bayou, and the
markers have been placed, but no ap-
preparations have yet been made for
memorials by any Of the southern
states. General Lee has taken deep
interest in the battle park ever since
the plan was first suggested by Cap
tain j. It. Merry of Manchester Ia, a
veteran Of the Twenty-frst Iowa in
| fantry. At his invitation a meeting Of
/ veterans Of both armies was held at
Yicksburg in October, 1890, and an as
sociation was organized which secured
the necessary action by congress. Cap
tain w T. Rigby Of Iowa was made
the chairman Of the commission and
has been in personal charge Of the
work ever since 1t may be said that
he has made the park. He is an au.
thority upon all matters connected with
| Vicksburg and familiar with the mi
nutest details OF the history Of the
siege. Captain Everest OF Chicago is
the other commissioner. General Lee
is president Of the association. He
lives at Columbus. Miss, is command
er in chief Of the United Confederate
Veterans. was formerly president Of
the State Agricultural college and Is
now planter.
There was one Maryland and one
Virginia battery on the Confederate
side Ia the siege The Virginia battery
was commanded by Captain J. W
Johnson. father Of Mary Johnson, tho
novelist. and recently president of tn,
Georgia Pacific railroad. Captain John
son, having become discouraged be
cause of the indifference Of the Virgin
ia legislature. is now raising sub
scription for a monument among tn,
survivors and their friends.
The river batteries held by the Con
federates are being restored. Guns ar,
mounted just as they were In 1868
when Admiral Porter's fleet ran by
and similar gun will be placed on tn,
spot where stood Whistling Dick
which sunk the Union gunboat Cincln
] nAtls A1NNttAAAl AAGA lOn ID ndNlnB lli
record Of the navy at the siege looked
up and will recommend an appropria
tion by congress for a monument to b.
erected in South fork. the most south
erly Of the fortifcations below the city
and the most conspicuous point on tn,
banks Of the Mississippi near Vicks
burg.
Although the park is by no mean
completed. twenty-seven miles Of road
have been made. the location of ev
cry regiment and battery has beer
marked, thirteen siege guns and IL.
field guns have been placed in the po
sitions they occupied in the siege, an,
nearly all of the Notifications hav,
been restored. 1t is not a landscap,
garden. nor is it intended to be a pleas
ure park, but it is an exact reproduc
ton of one Of the most famous Of tn
worlds battlefelds for the benefit o
students of history and military sci
ence.
"a Judgment of GOd.-
A crane which recently fell at tn