Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-05-15

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establishing sDecial cemeteries in
which tb- bodies c, confederate sol-
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work. Wherever Battle Wss fought
p" hozrit~l vns 'Wfaa Within the
limits of the coafeleracy provision
wee made for suitable core for die
decd While The chiaf thoueh- was
naturally for the soldiers of their own
my. even in That carly doy there
was many a Union soldiers grave
which was also the recipient CT tender
attention from the hands of the peo
PIE against whom he fought
There are more. than fifty Of these
confederate cemeteries scattered over
the southern states and on Memorial
day each still receives some tribute Of
remembrance. Each grave in these
cemeteries has been marked in some
way, either from the appropriations
made for the purpose by the state or
by the subscriptions and donations
made by the people of the vicinity in
which it is located Special monu-
ments of appropriate design still are
being erected in honor of confederate
soldiers in each of the states repre-
sented in the confederacy and the
state appropriations for this purpose
have been most liberal. Some of the
cemeteries have a number of monu-
ments representing different appro-
priations. In the confederate Gene
terry at Charleston, s. c., there are six
memorial monuments and large
number of memorial tablets.
Richmond has eleven monuments
and Winchester. in the same state,
has nearly as many. In New Orleans |
the beautiful monuments erected to |
the memory of confederate soldiers /
are especially noteworthy. The south |
also has honored the women whose |
loyalty and unselfish devotion inspired |
the valor of the men, and in the GENE :
terry at Fort Mill, S. c., there recently !
has been erected a monument to the |
women of the south and another one
to the faithful slaves. who, notwith-
standing the temptation of proffered
liberty, were loyal to their masters
and to the charges committed to their
care.
A number of new monuments are in
process of erection in the south Some
Of them are being placed in national
as, for example each con-
federate state which had troops in
the battle of Chickamauga will have
Its participation marked by shaft in
the Chickamauga National park Sim
liar action is to be taken in the near
future for the battle fields of Ante
tam. Shiloh and Gettysburg.
The united action of the soldiers of
the north and the south in connection
with the Spanish war was the death
blow to whatever factional feeling still
existed between the two sections of
he country and shortly after its close
popular opinion began to favor the
United States government making
'ome provision for the marking of the
graves of the confederate soldiers
With stones similar to those provided
or the Union soldiers President Nc
iinley advocated it in a public adj
lress in Atlanta shortly after the
lose of the Spanish war
At reunion of the United Confed-
rate veterans held a few months
alter, the matter was discussed and
esolutions of appreciation adopted. 1t
vas voted, however. that any federal
ction taken for this purpose should