. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. ominent activity which hasmade the great battlefield route of Georgia, the popular channel oftravel between Chattanooga and Atlanta. He it was who aided so mater-ially in collecting and transporting the many refrigerator carloads offiowers from the south with which the Confederate monument, Douglasprison interment trenches and the graves of the few Union soldiersburied in Oakwoods cemetery were decorated. MAJ. J. M. COUFER, Of Georgia, Was also of the Georgia party, and is assistant postmaster of Atl
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. ominent activity which hasmade the great battlefield route of Georgia, the popular channel oftravel between Chattanooga and Atlanta. He it was who aided so mater-ially in collecting and transporting the many refrigerator carloads offiowers from the south with which the Confederate monument, Douglasprison interment trenches and the graves of the few Union soldiersburied in Oakwoods cemetery were decorated. MAJ. J. M. COUFER, Of Georgia, Was also of the Georgia party, and is assistant postmaster of was a distinguished Confederate soldier during the and cameto Chicago to attend the dedication as one of the committee from thecentral south. COL. W. R. LYMAN, Of Louisiana. This accomplished officer, with a bevy of ladies, represented NewOrleans, and was instrumental in securing the carload of flowers thatwas sent from that city. He is one of the most prominent and influ-ential of the Crescent Citys business men, and distinguished himself asa soldier during the war. ^J^^^. 20: COL. T. \V. CAMPBELL, C)t Kentuck^This gentleman was an officer of the Union army chirini; the sixties andby his mihtary abihty and meritorious conduct reached the grade ofheutenant-colonel of vohmteers. He served in various commands andwas during a period of 11X64-5 provost-marshal at Bowling Green, Ky.,where the author was required to report to him under conditions of hisparole; and, notwithstanding the restrictions imposed and some mutualmisunderstandings at the time, a fast friendship grew out of the officialintercourse and exists between the former captor and captive, so sincerethat of all the guests in attendance none were more welcome or moreenthusiastically received, and the greatest personal gratification to thewriter was the presence of his friend who formerly held him the war Col. Campbell was U. S. assessor of income tax in Ken-tucky, and later connected with t
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