The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17
MONUMENTS THAT
D|AI|.UGRTE !. 4 ERECT |.
-1----s
Nearly All the Shafts to Memory
Of Confederates Built BY
Women.
KNOW NO SUCH WORD AS FAIL II
4 n -- - ~ ! -- ,5 t 1. sst
Daughters Of the Confcderacy
May Place q Shaft in Every
County.
KNOW NO SUCH WORD AS FAIL

v Editor Times Dispatch:
Sr,-There have been erected at the
court houses OF various counties in the
State monuments to the memory of Con-
federate soldiers. There are now possi-
& bly, twenty such monuments In the State
OF Virginia., and there ought to be one
B at every county seat. IT g#
In nearly every case where such a
monument has been built the movement
for its erection was started by the Daugh-
n tersf of the Confederacy. Il If not by an
organization under that naine by a few
x women who are real daughters of the
i South and devoted to the cause for
which their brothers and fathers and
\ husbands fought SO bravely and SO we'll.
~ know of at least four counties in
which the good women have started q
u movement for monuments, and have
failed and abandoned tho scheme be-
+ cause of cold water thrown on their
efforts by the men. This, in my Judgment
( Is a shame. and l do hope The Times Dis
y patch and other patriotic papers through
4 out the State will keep up a citation along
this line until there shall tie a shaft
Ito the memory of the Confederates in
every county In the commonwealth.
A son. OF a VETERAN. u
Il Richmond, June, 1906.
i !
Referring to the above. 1t may be we'll
to call attention to case that might
have been one OF the -four cited, but
n for the presidency and earnest work
Aof one Daughter OF the Confederacy.
#s Oh the 9th instant, beautiful Con-
ss federat to monument was unveiled at West
y Appomattox, the county seat Of Apo
mat OK county. A full account of the
& exercises and the unveiling. furnished BY
81 staf # correspondent, appeared in this
4 paper the. following day.
-Y From that report. the following cx-
tract is taken:
Y The erection of this beautiful mon,1-
Se,nent, which now adorns the Courthouse
Il auafe, IS the result5of earnest work of
X the Daughters of the Confederacy--more
n properly speaking. Of one daughter, Mrs.
4 John randolph Atwood, daughter of Can
q tain James L. Chernault who was b n
Il member of the famous Powhatan Rifles
rive or six Years ago Mrs. Atwood
( alone and amidst many discourngemcnts
a commenced the work OF raising tho
& money for the monument In time she
was Joined by other good women aud
& brave Daughters OF the Confederacy.
" about year ago Mrs. Atwood startled
II the $sloW-going men folks by announcing
3aEthat she had raised a sufficient sum IA
Sslet the contract.
La ter thetI36ard OF Supervisors OF the
y county added ga small sum from the
4 county levy, and then the contract I, wa q
Il Il let, ana IN the course Of time the shaft
\ Wes completed and put In place on the
ss Courthouse Square. overlooking the viz
Il aage.' 5ft .S1 -
twas further stated In the report thai
Int the request OF Mrs. Atwood none Of
n the speakers on the occasion referred "a
3 her personal efforts. -
Ra When this one Daughter OF the Confetl-
II eracy commenced the work OF raising
money for memorial to the mon Who
i fought for the South, she, like those rc-
B ferred to by "A Son of a Veteran, met
& with discouragement at tho hands or tho
Y men, and there were many who threw
81 cold water--great sluices of ton re
Il project; but this brave Daughter OF tbe
!! Confederacy was not easily discouraged
N she knew no such word as fan. She
Z persisted In her efforts in spite or "cold
4 water thrown by men, and possibly a
rev women, and the handsomest county
y monument to the Confederate soldier in
>- the State now stands at West Appo-
q nattox as mute testimony to what one
SIT earnest woman can do In good cause.
even II she shall happen to be dIsco,,r-
aged by the men.
The case is given as encouragement
- the good women In the -four coun-
81 ties and all the other counties of the
ID State where Confederate monuments are
AT not, but ought to be. NJ