. Proceedings at the unveiling of the battle monument in Spartanburg, S. C., in commemoration of the centennial of the battle of Cowpens . Guards—Captain Allan Guard—Captain J. J. Riflemen—Captain Jacob Guards—Captain Jas. W. Silvey, U. S. A., Adjutant. There were present on the stand Hon. Charles Macbeth,Mayor, and the Aldermen of the City; the officers of theUnited States Army and Navy ; the officers and membersof the State Society of the Cincinnati; ^6 Association ;and South Carolina Histoiical Society; the vene
. Proceedings at the unveiling of the battle monument in Spartanburg, S. C., in commemoration of the centennial of the battle of Cowpens . Guards—Captain Allan Guard—Captain J. J. Riflemen—Captain Jacob Guards—Captain Jas. W. Silvey, U. S. A., Adjutant. There were present on the stand Hon. Charles Macbeth,Mayor, and the Aldermen of the City; the officers of theUnited States Army and Navy ; the officers and membersof the State Society of the Cincinnati; ^6 Association ;and South Carolina Histoiical Society; the venerable andesteemed Ex-Governors Thomas Bennett and John were also honored guests on the occasion. The Right Rev. Thomas F. Davis, Bishop of South Caro-lina, officiated as Chaplain of the day. A patriotic ode, written expressly for this occasion byProfessor Samuel Henry Dickson, M. D., was then pro-nounced by Dr. P. G. Robinson. This was followed by theeloquent oration of Hon. William Porcher Miles. Want ofspace prevents the Committee from republishing here theode and address which so fully honored that View of the Memorial Erected in Magnolia Cemetery in Honor of WILLIAM AND JANE WASHINGTON, By The Washington Light Infantry, 127 Tlie monument is shown in the picture: it is of whitemarble, from a design furnished by Colonel Ed. B. White,Architect, about seventeen feet high. The handsomewrought iron railing, which encloses the lot, was erectedto the order of the State Society of the Cincinnati of SouthCarolina, under the direction of Colonel James Simons, whotook an active interest in this patriotic work; the gate-posts are made of two bronze cannon of Revolutionaryrecord ; the crossed sabres are also of that war period—asa whole this memorial is handsome in design and imposingin appearance, and bears the following inscriptions on itsfour faces : [west face.]
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