The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
ACTION Is TAKEN
 FAVORING A SHAFT
Veterans Decide to Mark Pe-
 terSburg Battlefield
HONOR DUE GEN. SANDERS
Resolutions Adopted By Camp Hardee Paying Tribute to Life and Char acter of Gen. Joseph
 Wheeler.

The regular semi-monthly meeting of Camp Hardee was held yesterday and the attendance was large.
 Mrs. Fannie A. Steele. a sister to Brig. Gen. J. c. c. Sanders of the Confederate army, was present and was introduced to the camp by Capt. J. F. Mclaughlin. She read letter from Capt. J. c. Featherston of Lynchburg, Va, who has written an account of the charge of the crater at Petersburg by General Sanders brigade. Captain Featherston stated in the letter that the Grand Army of the Republic posts had erected a shaft on the spot to commemorate the place of their defeat and he thought that the Confederate vet erans should mark the place of their vic- tory with a suitable shaft
 Mrs. Steele was made chairman of a committee to aid Captain Featherston in securing the money necessary for the erection of the monument Captain w c. Ward paid a high tribute to General Sanders and stated that if he had done nothing else in his life his famous cap- ture of the crater would immortalize him.
 Commander P M Vance read a paper on the charge of the crater at Petersburg which he witnessed. Miss Willie Collins sang a solo.
 Gen. J. w. Bush read the following
 
 Wheeler, which were adopted
 Napoleon had his Murat and Marechal Ney, Washington had his Light Horse Harry Lee and Marquis de Lafayette: i: Stonewall Jackson had his Turner Ash by, Robert E. Lee had his Knightly Stewart and Warrior Wade Hampton, but not one mo- not one ever had a greater or grander, or more valiant cavalry leader than Lieutenant General Joe Wheeler of the western army of the Confederate States of America
 Like Murat, he was of small stature, sinewy and wiry, enduring extremes of heat and cold; uncomplaningly he suf- fered the severest hardships, with the greatest fortitude
 "Unhinchingly he faced the dangers of the battlefields and seemed always at his best and happiest, when he was strik- ing blow for blow with his enemy. "Inspired with the patriotism which burned within him. he was intensely reso- lue, and determined to drive back the lute, and determined to drive back the southland.
 For four long, tedious years, with an energy untiring and unparalleled in the worlds history. this immortal hero, this peerless soldier, fought his countrys bat ties. offering himself repeatedly as q willing sacrifice upon it's altars. He was as sublime in peace as he was valiant in war. When the war between the states ended, he tried and struggled with his comrades to restore his destroyed and wasted country; to pull down the barriers between the north and south; to recon eile the sections and to bridge the bloody ehasm, and reunite our divided country in one union, under one flag. Who knew better than President Mckinley, that Gen eral Joe Wheeler loved his country?
 When the tocsin of war was sounded on the Spanish shores, hs was proclaimed by the war department leader of the American cavalry and became hero un- der the Stars and Stripes on San Juan Hill. Be it. therefore,
 Resolved, That Camp w. J. Hardee, in regular camp assembled, unite with all of our comrades everywhere in giving ex- presson of the highest esteem that we have for the memory of Lieutenant Gen eral Joe Wheeler.
 "2d That his life's work exhibited the loftest type of American manhood "3d That from his cradle to his grave 1t was a continuing success. His courage and daring were sublime. His judgment cool and matchless. His devotion to his country unparalleled.
 '4tn That we admired him for his bravery, we honored him for his patriot ism and we will love and cherish his memory for his manly Christian virtues.
 18th. That a copy of these resolutions be enrolled upon the minutes of this camp, a copy be sent to our deceased comrade' 8 son and daughters and a copy published in the city papers.
 "J. w. BUSH. Chairman,
 "E. w. JONES,
 "Ex. GOV. JOS r. JOHNSTON,
 "COL. A. c. OXFORD,
 "T. Z HAYGooD."