The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1908-04-15

family. She met death as she faA
life, with courage. All over the So
we're women like her, women
worked with heart and soul for the
Southern Confederacy.'
A strong character Of this dark time
was Mrs Ellen Anderson. Of Missis-
lsippi. After the surrender of Nicks-
ihurg in 1868 her residence in Jackson.
Miss. was occupied by sharp-sh5oteia
land afterwards burned by the Fed.
erals Mrs. Anderson bravely retired
to her plantation home In Kinds
leounty. She was a niece Of Jefferson
Davis. and this fact increased her dan.
ger Of living at this time on a lonely
plantation.
/ cannot finish this sketch without
mention Of Mrs. Sarah Eggleston, Of
Raymond Miss, honorary president Of
the Mississippi Division Of q D. G..
editor Of Our Heritage, the L, d. G.
sheet. Mrs. Eggleston is loved by
levery U. d. c. chapter in the state It
is when she stands up to talk 70 her
daughters, as she lovingly calls the
members Of the chapters, that We who
lived in that old time feel our hearts
stirred again with its thrill and think
with breaking heart of the Gag now
furled forever" Mrs. Eggleston shared
with her husband, Capt. Jack Eggles
ton, Of the Confederate navy. the dan
gers of that time, accompanying him
wherever possible. She saw more q
the Confederacy Of the actual war.
perhaps than did any other southeEu,
woman. How dear to her heart tody
b l.. -. - he.
She has worked for months % Nee 4
erected at Raymond, Miss. 9 mon
ment to the Confederate dead g
Kinds county. Her EFFORT has been sos
cessful. The monument VIII ke ~
yelled in April. A gentleman fecentE
remarked to Mrs. Eggleston. Il hear
you gave several thousand dollars 70
this monument" mo" was the reply.
: Il wrote many letters. but only gave a
few niekels dimes and postal stamps.
gave more than money gave my
heart" Mrs. Sarah Eggleston ana
Mrs. Ellen Anderson still live to prove
q of what fine stuff were made the wo-
men of the Southern Confederacy.
The heroic courage of the women Of
Vicksburg before and after the siege
has already passed into history. How
during the pitiless bombardment Of the
! city they We're forced to take refuge
r. in caves dug in hillsides, yet how they
+ braved the ceaseless cream OF the
= shells to minister to the sick and
i wounded and to cheer the soldiers who
s fought behind the breastworks.
S When food gave out, when starvation
i stared the garrison in the lace it was
l the women of Vicksburg who stimu-
1 lated the soldiers Tagging courage.
T Here must mention Miss Ellen Mar.
+ tin, who after the occupation Of Vicks-
S burg by the Federal troops risked so
!. much to get through the Federal lines
+ medicine and clothing to the Confed
; crate soldiers. It was only after she
S had succeeded in doing much good
v that her efforts were discovered. She
5, was then exiled from Vicksburg and
g without the Federal lines.
e 1t was after the war drums had
= ceased to beat that the southern wo
$ men proved their strength. Thel
Z stood the strongest test that the world
4 has ever known. They had been liks
3 children playing in the sun. Hac
known no hardships, had never WORK
u cd had hepu taught no business meth
= DDS. Many Oh them bereIt OF nus
:. bands, sons and other protectors, theil
: plantations torn from their frail hands
p by merciless mortgages, passed from
= ease and affluence to a life of daiil
toll. With the tastes of Vanderbilt
: and the purse of paupers, they con
= frCnted indeed a grave problem. Yel
: how was it met? With courage ant
= without complaint they faced the darl
/, DAYS of reconstruction. living in the
. midst of bloody riots between the
, whites and the negroes.
4 In 1868 the women of Mississippi
h saw their beloved Governor Humph
/ reys removed from the executive man
n sion and replaced by the military gov
h ernor Adelbert Ames. They saw Mrs
. Humphreys, one of the loveliest anC
q noblest women that ever occupied the
/ executive mansion pass down the
If steps of the mansion to the street be
II tween the files of Federal soldiers
If With what sinking hearts they realiZ
. ed the ignorance and incompetency o
Is the military governor Ames when hi
a sent through a county in which, few
If days earlier, one of those race riot
# had occurred, and armed band of Negro
g militia.
Ie The history of The United Daugh
d ters of the Confederacy in the soutl
d and in this state would fill volume
a This history will be written by a read
E. Ter hand than mine Their work ans
g their successes belong to the livinl
e present While most of this sketch re
n cords the memories of a buried past
,e many Of those heroic women wit
.e knew that past are with N
If still. But scattered over the land II
r every southern cemetary are sunken
nameless gra~es, the graves of south
r. ern women whose daunt.ess heart
IS faced the sixties.
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