The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-22
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On Board Excursion Steamer "Ken-
lucky" near Fort Henry on the Ten
'nessee, April 8, 1921.
Dear Ledger: Fifty-nine years ago
was at the battle of Shiloh. | have
always wanted to 60 back. Mace Will
liams and l have talked about the
prospective trip thousands and thou
sands Of times, and always though of
taking along some old corn Juice" to
buoy US up when we got to the place
where Nelson saved the day.
Now Mace is gone and | have made
the journey without him. He would
get married and that was the end of
him.
The journey to Pittsburgh Landing
is made from st. Louis by water 1t
is 200 miles from there to st. Louis;
fifty from there to Paducah and 235
from there to the battlefield
On the second Of this month-that
was last Saturday-about 100 of us
old veterans got on this boat the
Kentucky" the regular Tennessee
River packet, at 5 p. m. and next
morning found ourselves at Cairo. At
p. m. we were at Paducah and the
next morning we were away up to
Fort Henry, which Grant took on his
way to donelson. Wednesday was the
9th 1.-THE anniversary Of the battle).
We were at Pittsburgh Landing. l
was anxious to see the place and
climbed the hill and ran out on the
field with many anxious feeling. The
place was so changed that I scarcely
knew it. The great woods and thick
underbrush were almost all gone. The
big trees have all been cut out and
now the second growth is only to be
seen: graded roads, bridges and all
kinds Of improvements stretch away
in every direction. Monuments, both
state and regimental, are everywhere
| The Park has near 1000 acres say
~ miles by 31a mills. Illinois which
had more men on the field than any
other state has forty monuments
Ohio has thlrty-four; Iowa twelve
and Indiana, twenty-five. Only foul
Southern states, Tennessee, Arkansas
Alabama and Louisiana are repre-
scented not so at Chickamauga
where the entire South has contribut
ed her quota. The daughters of thu
Confederacy have built fine monu
ment to the memory of General ALDER
s. Johnston. 1t cost $4,000 and is thu
finest thing on the field. I was mucl
pleased with the Wisconsin manu-
ment With its striking allegorical fig
ures in bronze. death in the arms o
victory" for it reminded me very fore
IDLY Of that Of Gen. Ralph Abercromb.
(who fell in QSO1 Egypt during th
Napoleonic wars) in st. Paul's churcl
in London.
Immediately after the landing, nea
: the river and close to Gen. Grant
headquarters is the cemetery contain
ing over 1000 graves. Among Their
is a Maysville man. Lieut.. Samuel I
Forman, of the list Ky. Regt c. s.
Up to the present time 1877 monu
ments Nave been erected in the Parl
They are classified as follows: Illinoi
one state and 80 regimental indiana
= 90; Iowa, one state, II resimental
Minnesota, battery; Ohio. "a; Penn
sylvania, 1; Wisconsin, one state, on
individual; U. s. Regulars, three reg
mental; Confederate - Alabama, on
state; Arkansas, one state; Louisiana
one state; Tennessee, one state.
;. The cost of these was about $3.50
= 900. A magnificent monument has jus
been completed by the Daughters {
e the Confederacy to the memory of tn
:, late Gen. Sidney Johnston. at a cos
l of $4,000.
r The Second Tennessee regiment ha
d a monument erected by the late Senf
t tor Bate Of that state, which cost So
I coo. The Crescent regiment of Ne
d Orleans has a very attractive memo
I rial erected by DR.. LeMonier, who wa
Q a private in that command. The low
n state is exceedingly beautiful, bein
I in the form of tall Grecian colum
: rising from a broad base of grant
:, The limits of this letter prevent ful
e Their notice of these monuments and
e have only space for another, that {
o Wisconsin, which constantly remindt
e me Of that of Gen. Abercromby in S
S Paul's church. in London, who lost b
$ life in the Napoleonic wars in Egg
d in 1901. The Wisconsin monument
It a huge block of white granite su
: mounted with an imposing allegoric
group in bronze = woman crownt
wit ha laurel wreath, supporting wi
IN one arm the form Of dying soldft