Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-23
An Appeal for Finds for
the Erection of Monument

the Erection of Monument
Some time ago the Highland
Chapter of the Daughters of the
Confederacy started a movement f>r
the purpose of raising fund suffici-
ent.to erect monument commend
rating the battle fought near Nc
Dowell during the civil war. Others
became interested and last July a
meeting of the Daughters of the
ConfederacJ anVothers interested
was held at the court houSein Mon
terey. At that meeting more funds
were raised and number OF per-
sons present expressed the hope
and desire that enough funds be
raised TO erect a suitable slab on
the battle field at Mcdowell and
also a more suitable and neces-,
sarily a more costly monument IL
the court house yard 10 Monterey,
and a committee composed of the
undersigned was appointed and IN
strueted to make an effort to raise
the necessary funds for erecting
the monument in the court house
yard.
The people of Highland County
and a few rom other places have
contributed to the fund and enough
| has been raised to erect the slab
on the Mcdowell battlefield which
was unveiled on the 9th. OF last
October with an appropriate GER
rmnny and there is still enough
money in hand to start the erection
of the monument in the court
ward. The monument has been
selected and the place marked of
where it is to situated, but we need
more funds.
I'm 1861 the call came to the men
of the country to defend their
homes and to fight for their rights
ana their liberties. They respond
ed nobly to the call and large
number of young men from our
own county volunteered and fought
through four years of the most
severe wars that have ever been
fought. Now that the call has
come in the year 1917 to the young
of our country to 60 into the ranks
and fight in a war that is more
Istupendious than any war the
world has ever known we can and
do realize what war is and the
hardships and the sacrifices our
forefathers endured in the war be-
tween the states. They upheld our
banners and though the cause for
which they fought is lost cause,
we believe that no Drawer or better
soldiers ever fought upon the battle
Ifcld and every patriotic citizen OF
Southland is proud of the few sur
viving soldiers who fought those
bloody wars and revere the mem
DRY of every one of them who has
passed over the river and rests
with the immortal Jackson lin the
shade of the trees" The Southern
soldiers have been our best citizens.
They are the flower of our land
They deserve that monument be
erected to their memory in our
beautiful court house yard. Until
we thus honor them and place this
monument in this public place We
will not do our duty toward them
The committe has worked hard
and if few more persons will con-
tribute we can accomplish what we
have set out to do. We earnestly
solicit contributions. Any and all
contributions may be handed to or
sent to Mrs. j. W. Boyer or Mrs.
IL. C. Matheny at Monterey, Va.
We hope that every citizen of
Highland will contribute what he
can and not allow this noble under
taking to fail. If the majority of the
people of the county elsewhere will
each contribute small amount we
can and will erect the monument
early in the year 1918.
Mrs. j. G. Matheuy
Committee I Mrs. ]. W. Boyer
Andrew L. Jones