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Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
eral Joyce Smith being in command of the Confederate Veterans, who showed up in great strength and style. After the military came, the float bearing fifteen beautiful ladies, who represented The different Southern States at the unveiling, as follows: Miss Annie Stone, representing the Southern Confederacy; Miss Annie L. Stone, representing Missouri; Miss Courtenay Walthall, Virginia; Miss Corinne Hortense Sykes, North Carolina; Miss Annabel Power, Kentucky; Miss Elise Featherstone, Georgia; Miss Elise Govan, Florida; Miss Nellie Fewell, Alabama; Miss Mary Belle Morgan, Louisiana; Miss Caroline Kerr Martin, Texas; Miss Virginia Hunt, Arkansas; Miss Sallie Eleanor Cowan, Tennessee; Miss Marie Lowry, Mississippi; Miss Annie Hemingway, South Carolina; Miss Katie Porter, Maryland. Then came carriages containing the officers of the Ladies' Confederate Monument Association, with Miss Sallie B. Morgan as president; Mrs. Hays, the daughter of Jefferson Davis, accompanied by her husb
Northen Virginia (search for this): chapter 17
float bearing fifteen beautiful ladies, who represented The different Southern States at the unveiling, as follows: Miss Annie Stone, representing the Southern Confederacy; Miss Annie L. Stone, representing Missouri; Miss Courtenay Walthall, Virginia; Miss Corinne Hortense Sykes, North Carolina; Miss Annabel Power, Kentucky; Miss Elise Featherstone, Georgia; Miss Elise Govan, Florida; Miss Nellie Fewell, Alabama; Miss Mary Belle Morgan, Louisiana; Miss Caroline Kerr Martin, Texas; Miss Virginia Hunt, Arkansas; Miss Sallie Eleanor Cowan, Tennessee; Miss Marie Lowry, Mississippi; Miss Annie Hemingway, South Carolina; Miss Katie Porter, Maryland. Then came carriages containing the officers of the Ladies' Confederate Monument Association, with Miss Sallie B. Morgan as president; Mrs. Hays, the daughter of Jefferson Davis, accompanied by her husband and son. Next came carriages containing distinguished Confederate veterans, followed by the organized camps Confederate Veterans and
Jefferson Davis (search for this): chapter 17
4. Members of the family of the late President Jefferson Davis. 3. Distinguished Confederate vetall save honor—our illustrious chieftain, Jefferson Davis! We pray Thee, O Lord, bless! oh, ble cannons, Mrs. Margaret Hays, daughter of Jefferson Davis, assisted by her little son, Jefferson Dave and exponent, and it was of him that Mr. Jefferson Davis said, in the United States Senate, the the cost; for the great leaders, and notably Mr. Davis, were slower in the movement than the masses the very last by the teachings of Calhoun and Davis, and those who held the same political faith. man adversity, and his life, and the life of Mr. Davis and the lives of thousands of their humble ff future years For the men who wore the gray. Davis wore the gray; since then 'Tis Right's and Honst, and which is to contain the statue of Jefferson Davis, is about seven feet high, and will be lo over seven feet in diameter. The statue of Mr. Davis, which is to stand in the centre of the cham[6 more...]
W. W. Stone (search for this): chapter 17
ime to time on account of the removal from the city, or other unavoidable reasons, the organization continued to grow, and was chartered under the laws of the State on March 17, 1887. An executive committee, consisting of Mrs. C. E. Hooker, Mrs. W. W. Stone, Mrs. Nugent, and Mrs. Dunning, was appointed, and under their legal charter, new officers, with Mrs. Sallie B. Morgan as president; Mrs. C. C. Campbell, vice-president; Mrs. W. W. Stone, treasurer; all the other former officers being re-eleMrs. W. W. Stone, treasurer; all the other former officers being re-elected, except that Miss Kate Power took the place of Miss Andrews, removed from the city. The Legislature of 1888 was called upon to make an appropriation of ten thousand dollars, and the bill passed the Senate, but was defeated in the House by a vote of fifty-nine to forty-two. The Legislature, however, at this session, donated a site for the monument in the southern end of the Capitol yard. The ladies, while of course discouraged at the refusal of the Legislature to help them, bravely con
Sophie D. Langley (search for this): chapter 17
amber over the corner or centre stone, was made in Italy, and represents Mr. Davis in the act of delivering a speech, there being a scroll of paper in his right hand and a pile of books at his feet. On the six marble slabs forming the walls of this chamber are the following inscriptions: Officers of the Confederate monument Association of Mississippi, A. D. 1890. Miss Sallie B. Morgan, president. Mrs. Belmont Phelps Manship, vice-president. Mrs. Elenor H. Stone, treasurer. Mrs. Sophie D. Langley, secretary. Mrs. Virginia P. McKay, corresponding secretary. All lost; but by the graves Where martyred heroes rest, He wins the most who honor saves- Success is not the test. It recks not where their bodies lie, By bloody hillside, plain or river, Their names are bright on Fame's proud sky, Their deeds of valor live forever. The noble women of Mississippi, moved by grateful hearts and loving zeal, organized June 15, A. D. 1886, the Confederate Monument Association. Their eff
Father F. A. Picheret (search for this): chapter 17
lf a dozen famous Mississippi Confederate regiments. The floats bearing young ladies representing the different Southern States was greatly admired. The Sons of Veterans made a good showing. Among the officers of the National Guards who assisted in commanding the great army in line were Major G. M. Govan, Colonel George Green, Major G. G. Dillard, and many others. The procession then moved to the monument, where the unveiling ceremonies took place as follows: Prayer—Rev. Father F. A. Picheret. Unveiling monument. Address—General E. C. Walthall. Poem—Mrs. Luther Manship. Unveiling statue of Jefferson Davis. Address—General Robert Lowry. Benediction—Chaplain H. F. Sproles. The stand is constructed just east of the monument, in full view of the monument and overlooking the valley below. At 11:15 o'clock, when the procession arrived at the capitol, the yard and the space around the stand was literally packed and jammed with an eager crowd. Every av
Katie Porter (search for this): chapter 17
, representing the Southern Confederacy; Miss Annie L. Stone, representing Missouri; Miss Courtenay Walthall, Virginia; Miss Corinne Hortense Sykes, North Carolina; Miss Annabel Power, Kentucky; Miss Elise Featherstone, Georgia; Miss Elise Govan, Florida; Miss Nellie Fewell, Alabama; Miss Mary Belle Morgan, Louisiana; Miss Caroline Kerr Martin, Texas; Miss Virginia Hunt, Arkansas; Miss Sallie Eleanor Cowan, Tennessee; Miss Marie Lowry, Mississippi; Miss Annie Hemingway, South Carolina; Miss Katie Porter, Maryland. Then came carriages containing the officers of the Ladies' Confederate Monument Association, with Miss Sallie B. Morgan as president; Mrs. Hays, the daughter of Jefferson Davis, accompanied by her husband and son. Next came carriages containing distinguished Confederate veterans, followed by the organized camps Confederate Veterans and the remnants of half a dozen famous Mississippi Confederate regiments. The floats bearing young ladies representing the different Southe
Petersburg Grant (search for this): chapter 17
all quarters of the Confederacy. Besides the disparity in the land forces there was the Federal navy, the gunboats and the ironclads, without which many believe Grant's army would have been lost at Shiloh and McClellan's on the Peninsula. When the Union army was dissolved four hundred thousand more men were borne upon its rold—bouyant with hope in 1862, stood steadily as then before Richmond in 1865, after all ground for hope was gone, against three times their number of veterans under Grant. The immolation at Franklin, where eleven Southern generals and the flower of their followers fell fighting against fate, and the gallantry at Bentonville, folltation and hypocricy when he speaks of his own comrades whom he loves for the dangers they have seen together. If the time is coming when the portraits of Lee and Grant shall hang side by side in the houses of the people North and South, those who would hail its advent with delight cannot hasten it by repression or deceit, nor ca
Elise Govan (search for this): chapter 17
ith being in command of the Confederate Veterans, who showed up in great strength and style. After the military came, the float bearing fifteen beautiful ladies, who represented The different Southern States at the unveiling, as follows: Miss Annie Stone, representing the Southern Confederacy; Miss Annie L. Stone, representing Missouri; Miss Courtenay Walthall, Virginia; Miss Corinne Hortense Sykes, North Carolina; Miss Annabel Power, Kentucky; Miss Elise Featherstone, Georgia; Miss Elise Govan, Florida; Miss Nellie Fewell, Alabama; Miss Mary Belle Morgan, Louisiana; Miss Caroline Kerr Martin, Texas; Miss Virginia Hunt, Arkansas; Miss Sallie Eleanor Cowan, Tennessee; Miss Marie Lowry, Mississippi; Miss Annie Hemingway, South Carolina; Miss Katie Porter, Maryland. Then came carriages containing the officers of the Ladies' Confederate Monument Association, with Miss Sallie B. Morgan as president; Mrs. Hays, the daughter of Jefferson Davis, accompanied by her husband and son. N
Robert Lowry (search for this): chapter 17
of Veterans made a good showing. Among the officers of the National Guards who assisted in commanding the great army in line were Major G. M. Govan, Colonel George Green, Major G. G. Dillard, and many others. The procession then moved to the monument, where the unveiling ceremonies took place as follows: Prayer—Rev. Father F. A. Picheret. Unveiling monument. Address—General E. C. Walthall. Poem—Mrs. Luther Manship. Unveiling statue of Jefferson Davis. Address—General Robert Lowry. Benediction—Chaplain H. F. Sproles. The stand is constructed just east of the monument, in full view of the monument and overlooking the valley below. At 11:15 o'clock, when the procession arrived at the capitol, the yard and the space around the stand was literally packed and jammed with an eager crowd. Every available place was over-filled, including the windows of the adjacent buildings. The stand was occupied by the fifteen young ladies who represented the different S
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