Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-13
ERECT z SHAFTS
TO DIXIE HEROES
Memorials to Generals
Ramseur and Pettig-
new to Be Unveiled

WINCHESTER, Va, Sept. 49,
Memorials to two confederate gen.
erals, Stephen Dodson Ramseur and
James Johnston Pettigrew, both
North Carolinians, will be unveiled
near here during the coming week
at places where they died. MANY
SOutherners, principally North Caro-
lnlans, are expected here for the ex-
ercises which will be under the joint
auspices of the North Carolina Di-
visision of United Confederate Vet
Grams, the. North Carolina Division
of the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy and the North Carolina
Historical Commission.
The memorial to General Ramseur
which marks the Belle Grove House
where the general died October 20,
1864, will be dedicated on the after
noon of September 16. The memorial
to General Pettigrew which marks
the Boyd House where he died July
II, 1868, will be dedicated on the
morning of September II.
The two memorials consist of gran
lite columns, the gift of the late Col
onel P. H. Mayo, of Richmond, Va.
At the Ramseur memorial dedica-
ton Thursday afternoon the speak
ers will include Major Charles M.
Stedman, formerly member of Gen
eral Mamsellr's staff and former
Senator Henry A. Dupont, of Della
ware, who was classmate of Cen
eral Ramseur at West Point, after
ward an office rim the Union Army
and who was with General Ramseur
at the time of his death. General
Ramseur was mortally wounded at
the Battle of Cedar Greek, near here
and fell into the hands of the Union
He was taken to Sheridan's head
quarters at the Bell Grove house,
where he received every attention
from both his own and federal sur
geons, in spite of which he died Oc-
toxer 20, 1864.
Dedication of the memorial to
General Pettibrew will take place
Friday morning, the principal address
being by Chief Justice Walter Clark,
of North Carolina, while General
Louis G. Young, of Savannah, Ga, an
intimate friends of General Petit
grew, also will make an address.
General Pettigrew commanded
Heth's division of the Confederate
Army in Longstreet's assault on
Cemetery Ridge, July 8, 1868. Dur
ing Lees retreat from Gettysburg,
he commanded the rear guard of the
Confederate Army and was wounded
at Falling Waters, July Ia. He was
moved at once to Boyd House, near
here, where he died July II, 1858.
The tablet on the Ramseur Me-
mortal reads:
wards. is the Belle Grove House in
which died. October 20, 1864, of
wounds received at Cedar Greek,
October 10, 1864, Major General
Stephen Dodson, C. S. A. A native
North Carolina, he resigned from the
United States army in 1851 and en-
tering the Confederate States army
as a lieutenant, rose to the rank OF
major general at the age of II.
The Pettigrew memorial tablet is
inscribed:
is the Boyd House in which died,
July II, 1868, Brigadier General
James Johnston Pettigrew, of North
Carolina. c. S. R. At Gettyburg he
commanded and led Heth's Division
in the assault on Cemetery Ridge,
july 8, and in the retreat was NOR
tally wounded at Falling Waters
July IA, 1858.
'tHe was brave and accomplished
officer and gentleman, and his loss
will be deeply felt by the country
and the army.-R. E. Lee"
Winchester citizens will hold re-
ception for the visiting confederate
veterans and their friends Thursday
night