The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
sHILoH BATTLE ANNIVERSARY.

| On the evening of April 5. forty
seven years ago. the Confederate
forces. under command of Major Gem
eraI Albert Sidney Johnson, marching
! from Corinth. Miss. bivouacked. In
line of battle. four miles from Pitts
| burg Landing. In preparation for an
| attack upon the Federal forces then
encamped near Shiloh Church, two and
one half miles from the river. The
! Confederate forces numbered 4s,sSS
under command Of Major General y. s.
| Grant, numbered with reinforce
| ments on the 7th), $4,000.
| On the morning of the 9Th commence
ed the great and sanguinary battle Of
Shiloh.
Never was there on record any more
| valor. persistent bravery. and heroism
displayed, than is assigned to the Con-
| federate forces on this date, and in the
midst of the thickest. and in the vic
tory of the day we find that Alabama
nobly bore conspicuous part.
On the 18th. the Union army having
received large achievements from
/ across the river, the Confederates ex-
| hausted and ranks depleted: their lead
| err, Albert Sidney Johnson lying in the
/ dust, went into the days fierce battle;
4 were driven back defeated. and over a
\ death strewn field retreated to Cor
NTH.
The trenches onlv mark the graves
1 of the braves who fell there, defending
1 our rights. our honest
n What more betting us then, we,
who live to bear witness of their hero
ism. and to that of the scar worn sur
II yivors of battle. than. that we should
| testify to the honor and love and Aev-
1 erence we bear them, and the cause we
represent on these and like occasions.
Two years ago the Alabama Division
| hal -
Tri-Cities. journeyed to Shiloh Nation
al Military Park to unveil with Mt
ting ceremony their Alabama monu-
ment, the second Confederate marker
4 on Shiloh field. With the assistance
of Mr.. Sadler. who Is always ready to
aid in the work Of the Daughters"
Mrs. J. N Thompson of the local chap
! ter, arranged for the transportation of
| a box of evergreens and flowers to the
| Shiloh Park for April 6. A number of
| chapter members were interested and
| contributed wreaths and flowers.
| (Madames Oscar Simpson. McReynolds,
Lasseter, Randi. and they were sent
| by the steamers. Reeder at Sheftield.
and Kentucky. at Riverton. to Pitts
burg in the name of the Tuscumbia
Chapter. Captain Irwin. Com. u. c. ".
| Of the Albert Sidney Johnson Camp,
Savannah. received the precious trih-
ute, and Joined by the Camp and
! Daughters of the vicinity. and by In
vitation. the 1875 visitors who had ar
rived by steamer Sattillo. inany of
| them Of the CUnion) Shiloh Survivors
! Association. they held song and
prayer service. followed by Rotations
| and a "fraternal talk" by Colonel Hol-
| man, Commander of the Survivors As
! ISOLATION, and the placing of the
wreathR and flowers upon the Alabama
monument Afterwards the Confeder-
ate Veterans decorated the trenches
\ where our heroes lie.
Captain TWINS wife is President OF
| the Savannah Chapter. who started
| the movement to erect a large joint
| U. d. C. monument at Shiloh. I'm
which all the Confederate organiza-
tions are interested. Eight thousand
dollars have already been raised to-
ward this monument and we hope IN
the near future to see in this beautiful
park many markers to the honor OF
our brave Confederates,