The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-28
INDIANA HONORS
HER SOLDIER DEAD
Vicksburg Monuments Will Be
Dedicated Tuesday With
Great Ceremony.
STATE DELEGATION LARGE
MAJ. LACEY OF FOUNTAIN CITY,
MEMBER OF COMMISSION, AND
JUDGE coMsTock WILL AT
TEND.

Indianapolis, Dec. 2S.-Indiana will
this week do honor to her brave sons
who fell while fighting in the Union
line in the memorable struggle for
possession of one of the Confederate
strongholds in the Southland during
the great civil war, still fresh in the
memories of the older Hoosier genera
tions.
After several years of agitation on
the part of state officials and veterans
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
the state has completed, and is about
to dedicate, a number of monuments
erected in commemoration of the In
diana soldiers who fell before vicks-
burg.
In erecting these granite slabs to the
memory of her valiant sons, Indiana
falls in line with other states of the
Union which have contributed much
toward identifying the National Mill
tary park at Vicksburg, into which the
government has transformed the bat
tie field
Acceptance of Monuments.
Tonight special train carrying
scores of Indiana people, including
many state officials and leading G. A.
R.~veterans, will leave the Union sta
ton for Vicksburg where, on Tuesday
afternoon, the Vicksburg Monument
Commission, which has had charge of
the erection of the Indiana monuments
on the battle field. will formally pre-
ent the monuments to the state.
Governor Hanly will accept them on
behalf of the state. and will then turn
them over to the United States govern
ment. of which they will become the
property.
The special train will leave Indias-
apolis at o'clock tonight 1t will
consist of several Pullman sleepers, a
day coach, baggage car and a diner.
Governor Hanly will be accompanied
by members of his staff. including
Brig. Gen. Oran Perry, adjutant-gener-
al Of Indiana, and others.
Ex-Governor Winfield T. Durbin of
Anderson, who started the movement
to erect the Vicksburg monuments,
will also make the trip.
The members Of the two Vicksburg
the party, together with the judges of
the supreme and appellate courts of
Indiana and various state officials.
Many of the men will be accompa-
MED by their wives. Among the SUI
preme court judges who will go are
Judge John V. Hadley, L. ]. Monks and
o. II. Montgomery. The appellate
stock, David Myers. J. M. Rabb and
w. H. Watson. Capt. John d. Alex
ander of Bedford, department COM
mander of the Indiana G. A. R.. will be
in the party, together with Capt. w. T.
Stott, superintendent of the Indiana
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home
at Knightstown, Nicholas Endsley of
indianapolis, and others.
The exercises will be held on a knoll
near the Jewish cemetery, at the point
where the charge of May %, 1863, in
which the Eighth. Eighteenth, Sixth
eth, Sixty-seventh. Eighty-third and
Ninety-third Indiana regiments of in
fantry participated, was made. The
spot is located one and one-half miles
northeast Of Vicksburg. No parade
will be held in connection with the ex-
ercises, but Vicksburg is preparing to
give the Indianians royal welcome.
The movement looking to the cree
ton Of the Indiana monuments on the
Vicksburg battle field was inaugural
ed by Winfield T. Durbin, during his
administration as governor.
A bill was passed authorizing the
governor to appoint commission con-
sisting of veterans who participated in
the siege of Vicksburg to visit the bat
tie field and select the sites for the
proposed monuments. On this COM
Governor Durbin appointed
Henry c. Adams, of Indianapolis, A. B.
Champion of Delphi. M. M. Lacey of
Fountain City, Phillip Lester of Little
York, E. L. Seamans of Wabash, and
T. NJ. Hardy of Pendleton. Mr.. Les
ter is now deceased. The commission
visited the battle field twice.
Eishty-two Counties Represented.
Eighty-two of the ninety-two coun-
ties in Indiana were represented in the
siege of Vicksburg. Indiana had
organizations in the con-
flict. The Indiana troops were scat
tered along the line from left to right.
There were six Indiana regiments that
were not brigaded. Several regiments
were not on the firing line, and, there
fore, suffered no heavy losses. These
were engaged in pro-
tecting the rear from attacks from the
under Gen. Joe Johnston,
who attempted to raise the siege.