Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-07
APPEALS FOR FUNDS FOR
MONUMENT At SHILOH
director for Virginia Seeks Contribu.
lions for Confederate Memo
rial on Battlefield.
70 BE UNVEILED IN OCTOBER
sum Of $4,000 Now Is on Hand,
hut $4,000 Additional Must BE
Raised Between Now and Next
Fall.
y. g. y. Merchant shiloh

nv Mrs. w g ~ Merchant. shiloh
Director for Virginia. Chatham.)
The battle Of Shiloh. Tenn. was
ought April & and {. 1862. There we've
'h TINS battle, according 70 statistics
'"mpiled by the Shiloh National Park
'ommisson. 66.Sl2 Federals. opposing
1888 Confcderates From the open
ing Of the battle, in gray dawn OF Il
sunday morning, until late afternoon.
victory lay with the Confederatcs. but
: IA" death OF Albert Sydney Johnston.
IN whose brain lay every detail Of the
rattle. halted the onrush Of the VIC
ior'ous South. and when, on the ioi-
lowing morning. General Buell. had
come up with $4,000 fresh Federal
troops the Confcdcratcs were forced
10 retire the twenty-five miles TO Cor
NTH, Miss to he followed so careful
l. By the army Of 10000 Northern troops
that IL was no. until month later
tina, they appeared before the lines at
Corinth The casualties OF the Union
side killed. wounded and missing, at
shiloh. were 1907: on tn" Confederate.
loGan
Tn. Confederate dead were buried
In six long trenches, and for hfty-four
years they have lain with no ston" l"
mark their resting place; one WOULD
have said, forgotten, hut love makes
memory eternal" and in 1900 a chap
tor OF the United Daughters of inc
coHtederacy was organized ~ Savan-
nah Tenn. six miles from the battle
mold. for the avowed purpose OF erect
ins "a Confederate monument AZ Hh'-
Ion rh. members Ia bored for ny"
years aud realized that the chapter
unaysistcd never could hope TO accom-
ri!sh an undertaking recurring so larr"
an amount OF money. In 1905 the Unit
cd Daughters OF the contedcracy were
appealed 10. and took NJ the work hS
action Of their convention At san Fran
cisco II WAS decided Ia erect a nonu-
untut to cost $50. 600. y director, whose
hus!n>ss il was TO solicit and receive
fuuds was appointed IA each state
where tho United Daughters Of the
Confcderacy Is organized.
IN 1919. there being i'm hand more
than half OF the required amount, the
contract for tn. monument was given
TO Frederick H!hbard. ANA IN" work *
now nearing completion. Mr Hubbard
writes as follows:
II occurred to me that mast find
out precisely what shiloh meant 10 IN"
Daughters Of the Contcdcracy. In or
der to cNprcSg a true conception must
-, my Facts 81 the shiloh battle from
= Confederate viewpoint. selected
~" life o! Albert sidney Johnston.
written hy his son Iicr" the shiloh
hattla. before and after. was complete
IS written up After reading this care
fuli the idea Of the central group
presented itself I'm Inc form OF three
female figures, the iicurcs or Death
and Night forming background for
the figure OF the 'CnnfcdcraCy' II such
"a condition were possible. ! would Ice
tempted To cali il "a defeated victory.
DEATH taking away the commander
in-chief General Johnston. and Night
bringing nn rc-cnforcemcniS for 'he
'cderals. Tn. nGurc OF Death has
taken away from the 'Ccnfederacy'
the laurel wrcatn OF victory and
Night having brouGh; on re-rnforcc-
m"uts for the Federais. stands by wait
ing - complete the defeat.
SPIRIT OF FIRST DAYS BATTLE
IL REPRESENTED IN Panel.
THE panel TO the lett OF the cen
trail rroup represents the spiri; 81 the
frsj days battle How cXuhcrantly,
hopeful. couragcous!T. ana jealousy
the COufCGcrhtcS rushed into battle
The panel TO the night represents the
second day OF Iii. battle. They were
driven back over The ground they had
gained the first day and nnully forced
10 retire. III. panel represents the
sorrow OF tn. men who mad fought so
(, hard for victory which Was so nearly
won and so Unexpectedly lost. Under
The central group j. a portrait of Cen
vgal Albert sidney Johnston. the Light
and Inspiration OF the Confederate
-rny Of the west. The group OF SOL
dierS TO the LETT represents the artil-
y
which participated IN the battle. The
iufantrymau has snntchcd up the Con-
Tolerate nag and is defiant The ar
tllerymAn is calm and looking, as II
were. through the smoke OF the bat
tie TIL" group Of soldiers to the right
represents the cavalry and the officers
of the army. The cavairyman could
not engage in the battle because OF
the thick woods. He is eager to 90
-nmcthUE and might Ice SAYING TO the
,,rj II roulS nnlN brl h.
officer is bowed in submission TO the
pIdar TO cease firing, when il seemed
had The order not been given ,he first
day there might have been complete
victory.
The monument covers ground plan
Of fifty feet broad by twenty-five feet
deep; the total height at the central
figures Is eighteen and onc-half feet
The main part Of the monument is
thrty-fivc feet wide. The two stones
on either side OF the central group
arc fourteen feet long. nine feet high
and twenty-scven inches thick, each
stone weighing twenty-threc tons The
figures and heads are on an cight-and-
one-half-foot scale The three groups
are TO be cast in bronze the panels
10 be carved in the granite. The gran
ite comes from MI. Airy. y. C. All
inscriptions are TO he carved on IN.
back OF the monument.
MONUMENT NEARLY COMPLETED.
WILL BE UNVEILED IN OCTOBER
The work Will be completed and the
monument placed ready for unveiIing
by October OF this year. There is on
hand $4,000 and in order that tbo
United Daughters of the Confcdcracy
may fulfill their obligation, the re-
manning $4,000 must be raised between
now and October l. In the eleven years
Of the existence OF the Shiloh Mon
ument Committee. other work has been
undertaken by the United Daughters
cr the Confedcracy and completed,
other monuments have been erected
but this committee has worked steadily
on among the Daughters, not seeking
outside aid. not appealing to the public
IN Virginia only two contributions have
ever been received from others than
chapters or chapter members or aux
ilia.ies Of chapters. These two contri-
butions were $40 from E;well Camp
confederate Veterans. Manassas Va
roccived In 1912, and 81 recently re