The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
FLOWERS FOR DEAD
CoNFEDERATB GRAVES DEcoRAT-
 ED IN wISCONsIN.
One Hundred and Forty Are Buried There--Full List Given In Letter
 To The Advertiser From


 one Hundred ana Forty Are Buried
 There--FuIi List Given In Letter
 To Fhe Advertiser From
 Madison Editor.
 The graves of 140 Confederate dead were decorated at Madison. Wis. on Federal Decoration Day. The incident is told of by Garrett M. wairod, editor of The Wisconsin Equity News. pub iished in that city. in the following letter:
 Madison. Wis. May 30. 1908. To the Editor:
 On this Memorial Day. in company with about a hundred veterans of the civil war and thousands of the citizens of the City of Madison. the Capital City of the State of Wisconsin, went to the cemetery to decorate the graves of our soldier dead. After the ceremony was over we marched to the Confeder- ate section and while the veterans stood at the foot of the section facing the graves. the children decorated ey-, cry grave and fairly covered the large monument erected by the Daughters of. the Confederacy. This Is my first sum : nier in Madison and was surprised 10 learn that there were Confederate dead here. i.s.se 4
 The firing squad gave the usual mill tary salute and the bugle sounded tho bOiutGE 4IGMGtl@ 1uA tniOAhhctN tsA-~f this custom of decorating the confed- crate dead has been observed for some years. As I have witnessed In the South for several years this same rev erential regard for the graves of the soldier dead. be they Confederate or Federal, I know that this line from ne telling you of this ceremony will be appreciated, and will strike a cord of fraternal love in your hearts that will bind us together more closely as citi- gems of a mighty nation. :.
 There are exactly one hundred and forty Confederate dead here. and mo- ticed that the major portion were mem bers of the list Alabama Regiment. If your paper circufates in the section Of the State from which this regiment was recruited, a list of those who are buried here win doubtless be read with in- terest and I therefore give them.
 A. B. Bridges, Company B, 11th Ala bama. This is the only nth Alabama man. All of the rest are of the ist Regiment.
 W. H. Haddon, P. L. Drinkards c. W. Spears. A. F. Spears. Hen Aibritton, Of Company B.
 e. s. Marquis, L. Kneibe. w. D. Bard. J. H. Strickland, J. V. Stoyner. ". M. Inkraham, J. T Morrison, David RiveS- E. e. Sissonly, N. J. Wicks, J. w. GIL more, A. J Skipper, B. F. Mansel, T. oliver, E. Branning, s. M. Barber N. Smart. of Company C..
 Isham Crew, Benager Peacock. g. Sager, William Smith, Robert Taylor. Sam Coon, T. H. Lochridge, Ham In- infer, W. L. Peacock. Robert Riley. M Grentham. Henry Gleason, H. J. Aoncr J. H. Barber, Thomas Mims. Joel Lod' wick. w. M. Pipkons. John Bracken of Company D.
 Pierce Register. Lee Galloway. Thorn, as O. Stine, W. c. Mathews. George Lar ron. J W. Andrews, David Benedict W. T. Famed. U. M. Edwards, CA. Hol- lingsworth. Edward Smith. of Com
 David McKibben, D. M Scott. J. , Gilmore, W. J. Russell, J. F.. Jarnegar. Thomas Cooper, William Ham, Harvey Meader, of Company F.
 Joshua Browden.e Ed Bates, Thomas Ludhum, William Brooks, Joel I. Brew CT, F. D. Smith, Samuel Depuyster, J. H. Beasley, B. F. Mansel, F, Boykin. I. n. Fulton, R. W. Clifton, J. M. Caul, ]. H. Thewefs. of Company G.
 B. F. Harrow, Samuel Willes, Thom- as Essry. F. L. Menchum. William Green. W. Moore. John Brandon. J. N. witte. N. Holisters T. R. codrick. !. H. Jones. Thomas Kammater, Isaac Taylor. of Company H.
 D. Dumsen. D. D. Bird. J c. Dam ron. J. R. White. T. T. Demmins, J. J. Farmer, W. B. Bracken. R. s, Cas- clebury, N. T.. Reardon, John Wilks. Richard Kelley, F. N. Hood. ]. R. Up- ry. Henry Lloyd. J. H. Ross. of Com pany I.
 T. c Adams. J. E. Henry. of Com papy K.
 The name of W. c. Christwood. of Company L. Is given, which is probably wrong. Also D. Dumsen. of Company l. and W. A. Drinkhard, of coruDany B A. S. M
 There are seven graves marked un. known.
 There is also the grave of Alicc Whiting Waterman. born at Baton Rouge. La. October 1s, 1920. died at Madison, Wis. September 13. 1897. who appears to have been patriotic mother to these dead boys of the gray. as on the largo monument appears this in- scription: Erected in loving memory by United Daughters of Confederacy to Alice Whiting Waterman and her boys"
 I also found a large newspaper DOT trait of General stephen D. Lee pasted upon cardboard and mounted in a floral wreath leaning against the monument, and that it was almost smothered in flowers.
 I am indeed glad that we are a na- ton united in love for one another and that the bitterness of the great strug- gle has completely died out.
 Very truly.
 farraff M Walrod