Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . eople ofSalem, men, women and children, came forth to cele-brate that glorious day. Among them was a youth,a teacher in the high school, born and reared a Quakerin the country south of the town, who suggested that aneffigy of General Lee be placed in the coffin in which thebody of Edwin Coppoc had been brought from HarpersFerry — an exhibit of the compensating justice of his-tory. This was promptly done, and on the shouldersof this youth and three others the coffin with the effigywas borne at the head of the great procession in themidst of the wild
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . eople ofSalem, men, women and children, came forth to cele-brate that glorious day. Among them was a youth,a teacher in the high school, born and reared a Quakerin the country south of the town, who suggested that aneffigy of General Lee be placed in the coffin in which thebody of Edwin Coppoc had been brought from HarpersFerry — an exhibit of the compensating justice of his-tory. This was promptly done, and on the shouldersof this youth and three others the coffin with the effigywas borne at the head of the great procession in themidst of the wildest enthusiasm that Salem had everknown. The youth who figured in this event still lives to * There are traditions of this disappointment, but nothing moredefinite than the above statement. Edzvin Coppoc 449 tell, in his modest way, the story which will be found onsucceeding pages. Our readers will recognize in himone of the leading scholars and teachers that Ohio hasproduced, whose fame as such is state-wide, nation-wideand Monument to Edwin CoppocGift of Howell Hise At the close of the Civil War Coppocs memory wasthus honored. His grave is at the entrance of HopeCemetery. Past it the bodies of many a youth who fellin that conflict have gone to their rest. With them heis still remembered and on each Memorial Day themodest but substantial monument that marks his graveis crowned with a wreath of flowers. Vol. XXX—29 NOTES 1. Rebecca J. Douglas of Indianapolis, Indiana, is prepar-ing a genealogy of the Coppoc family. She has kindly consentedto the use of her notes in the preparation of the preceding andsucceeding articles on Edwin and Barclay Coppoc. 2. Oswald Garrison Villard, grandson of William LloydGarrison, editor of the Nation and author of John Broimi, ABiography Fifty Years After, in the preparation of the latterwork collected much material relating to John Browns kindly loaned this to the writer for use in the preparationof the skecthes of Edw
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