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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The monument. (search)
The monument.
History of the movement that resulted in its erection.
The articles of incorporation of the Monument Committee or Association, were filed on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1885, the incorporators being E. A. O'Neal, W. S. Reese, W. L. Bragg, Josiah Morris, William B. Jones, W. W. Screws, William W. Allen, Jacob Griel, John W. A. Sanford, H. A. Herbert, J. B. Gaston, Thomas G. Jones, H. C. Tompkins, J. H. Higgins and D. S. Rice. W. S. Reese was elected chairman and T. J. Rutledge secretary of the board of incorporators.
It was under the auspices of this organization that Mr. Davis came to Montgomery in April, 1886, and laid the corner stone of the present noble and everlasting monument to the Confederate soldiers of Alabama.
The men who started the work of building the monument, and all who aided them, have cause to feel grateful for the glorious result.
It took only a short while to develop the fact that no matter how earnest or industrious they might be, they woul