Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-05-31
ATTENDED DEDICATION
OF STATE MEMORIAL
Lancaster Party Royalty Enter
tanned at Vicksburg.
Many Interesting Incidents Made Trip
A Pleasant One-A Conversation
With A Confederate Captain.


niece Miss Portia ShOwalter arrived
home Wednesday by way of Bosco-
bel from Vicksburg, Miss, where
they attended the unwilling Of the
Wisconsin Monument at the Vicks-
burg National Park. They report a
most enjoyable trip and cannot
speak too highly Of the hospitality
of the southerners.
They were royalty entertained.
We are favored with the copy Of
Vicksburg paper containing Capt.
Ell. P. Birds fine address and an
article telling of the personnel of
the Wisconsin delegation. We
would like to print both IN full but
time and space forbid. We must
content ourselves with the follow
ing excerpts from the article:
after breakfast Sunday the
Wisconsin party started for trip
through the National Military Park
in automobiles. taking advantage of
the earliness of the hour, the bright
refreshing weather and a desire to
have the entire party see the beauti-
full park in every detail and more
especially to inspect and admire the
beautiful and elaborate monument
which is to be dedicated to the he
roes of the sixties who fell fighting
for their country and are thus
memorialized and honored by their
state. Unlike the other monuments
and memorials that adorn the
Vicksburg National Military park,
with the exception of the great i'm
posing Illinois monument, the Wis
consin monument has the nan es of
every officer and soldier who fell
during the siege of Vicksburg raised
IN bronze letters around the base
of the monument, and gray haired,
and white bearded veteran while
scanning the names of his comrades
who gave their lives for their coun-
try, reached the name of his only
brother, whose remains were placed
in their last resting place under the
Southern sod Another instance
was that of young lady, whose
father was killed q short time be-
fore she was born saw the name of
the parent she never knew en-
blazoned on the bronze that adorns
the base of the Wisconsin monu-
ment and nearly caused her COM
plete collapse"
Interesting facts in connection
with the lives of the mem bers of
the Wisconsin delegation were writ
ten by the Vicksburg reporters in
way that proves the interest the
southerners feel in their northern
cOuntrymen. The following APP
peared in regard to the Lancaster
delegation:
''R. B Showalter, wife, daughter
and niece, are of the visitors. The
father Of the niece was st. John
Showalter, of the Second Cavalry,
and died four months before she
was born"
Our leaders have read in the
dailies full details of the program of
the dedication exercises. The fol-
lowing containing an interesting in
cident of local interest is related by
Mr. r. B. ShOwalter as follows:
We had very enjoyable trip to
WICK sburg. The weather was fine
every day and the arrangements by
the commissions were perfect so
that all we're cared for. Had a good
time and came home happy. One
of the most pleasant visits | had
down there was with an old Con
federate captainlwho during the war
belonged to the 18th Mississippi
regiment, His company had a good
many raiding scraps with the 2nd
Wis. Cavalry and especially Co. g.
and " hen told him I belonged to
that company he held out his hand
and said Lets have another shake"
Now" he say, 81 want to know,
something. We got in on them
follows and took about sixteen pri-
soners one day"
l asked him if he could name
any Of them.
Yes, f" he said, melvin Grigsby
was one" Then he went on and
named others.
"Well," I said, you are eight on
that although I was not down there
at that time but I know all about
it,"
"Well now" he says, II want to
know what became of a devil-may-
care sort Of fellow that. got away
from us. He ran for the rear like a
streak, plunged in and got across,
swung his hat at us and yelled
Good by boys My men fired at
him but told them to stop. That
man deserved to get away"
Captain, said, that man is
my next door neighbor and his
name is James Treloar."
"Well, he says, Give him my
regards and tell him to come and
visit me. He is the right sort of
stuff"