The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-10
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For shiloh.
 In plea made before the Convention of 1908 of the Tennessee Division. U. D. O., by Mrs. McDougal of shiloh Chap ter. for .Shiloh's Dead" the mention Is made of the significance of the battle fought on April ST, 1882 when com pared with the great battles of our Continent. The battles of Bunker Hill, of Concord, and of New Orleans pale into insignificance beside 1t for the loss in killed and wounded and missing on the Confederate side was more than ten thousand. while the Federal was more than thirteen thousand, including 5000 prisoners captured by the Confeder- ates." The 4.060 acres included in the lovely park, contain one hundred hand some monuments erected by the States of Indiana. Illinois. Wisconsin. Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania sentinels that speak eloauently of the patriotism of the States that erected them.
 Thousands of pilgrims came yearly from these States on anniversary days to do honor and reverence to their dead. Above the terraced river bank in a cemetery beautifully kept and guarded, are the graves of 4.000 Northern soi- diers. services are held and pilgrimages made to t'the little log meeting house that received so fierce a baptism or blood and death--to the area known as the Hornets Nest" where the heat or battle waxed most furiously and where the dead fell thickest--to the noble ak which marks the spot wheer fell mort ally wounded. General Albert Sidney Johnson ito the pond" made red with blood from the dying, who, to siake their burning thirst. lay prostrate m US stagnant waters.
 The beautiful bikes and roadways. intersecting the forests, the occasional we'll titled field surrounded by the olds time rail fence, and the homesteaus preserved as landmarks, all bespeak the care and pride of preservation; to make historic every pond and acrwe Is the work of the aPrk Commission "The Tennessee swift flows beside
 The city of the dead Where shiIoh's heroes fought ana
 dided:
 It guards their iowiy bed. There marble sentineis stand guard
 Where Northern heroes sleep; There hand of sculptor, song Of bard' Their lasting record keep Soft breezes wait sweet fragrance by
 From glowing beds of bloom. And orioles make melody
 Above each grassy tomb.
 HlAB6fE6 MAnd trusted watchers care. The North still safely guards her own Who sleep forever there.
 But ah, those granits walls outside, Forgotten and unknown,
 There sleep the boys for us who died- Our Southern dead, our own! On shiloh's field non braver fougrt, Nor loved their country more, Nor truer hearts to service brought
 Nor Nobler colors wore. Than Dixia's sons---her bravest. best, The soldiers of her pride
 Who faced the foe at her behest And for just cause died. And vet thees sacred cIods reveal
 Today q mournfui sight, Where still. in ghastly. mute appeal Their bleaching bones gleam white Scarce hid by mother, earth they lie Unwatched, forgot, unkept, And to the South for justice cry'
 Neglected and unwept No marble tells theor glorious deeds
 Nor marks their resting place; No granite shaft their story pleads, Nor slabs their numbers trace. No flowers bloom for them today
 Our boys in gray so brave. And thorns and weeds, MeSoFl@i Day
 Conceal each crowded grave. Shall we forget whose sons they were Though forty years have nedY hall our escutchen bear this bAurf
 Shall we forget our dead9 O Southland women. true of heart--
 The nations diadem--
 Go tell how we'll they bore their part And rear a stone for them! cleaning shaft to tell their fame
 And how they bravely fell, With honor for each martyred name :. From the South they loved so we'll"
 Confederate Veteran.
 shiloh Souvenirs.
 The following articles have been made from the Shiloh battlefield wood. and though a number of orders have ben sent in for souvenirs. not all are from chapters or members of one Dl- vision. As 1t was and is the Presi- dents wish in Offering these articles. that they should go to Daughters or Alabama Division, so far. (as the amount and number Is limitedO none have ben sold. However they will not be witheld from the public longer than March 20. There are:
 10 gaves at 50 cents each.
 Walking sticks at $1 each.
 Match stands at 20 cents each.
 Paper cutters at IS cents each.
 Paper weights at IS and 20 cents each. These are just as they were turned at the factory. The paper weights are sections of the wool sawed across the limb bearing the natural hickory bark which consists of polish or varn- ish. These are about four Inches acros and the grain Is we'll adapted to the "zurnt work in lettering or de-
 Respectfully.
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 U. D .C. Notes.
 M..J. c. Lawrence Proprietor of The -------------------