. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. the artistwitli rare accurac). The deathh stillness of the after-battle picture ismade more vivid by the drooping Hag anil the night effect produced bythe pale rays of the waning moon, shining through clouds, and thehovering of a vampire bat, as an imaginary ghoul, over the hero remainsof the dead soldier. On the north face the following inscription is worked in incisedletters upon a polished granite panel:. Erected to the Memory OF the SIX THOUS.\ND SOUTHERN SOLDIERS Here Buried, WHO DIED IN C^MP DO
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. the artistwitli rare accurac). The deathh stillness of the after-battle picture ismade more vivid by the drooping Hag anil the night effect produced bythe pale rays of the waning moon, shining through clouds, and thehovering of a vampire bat, as an imaginary ghoul, over the hero remainsof the dead soldier. On the north face the following inscription is worked in incisedletters upon a polished granite panel:. Erected to the Memory OF the SIX THOUS.\ND SOUTHERN SOLDIERS Here Buried, WHO DIED IN C^MP DOUGLAS PRISON, iSh2-5. All the panels, bronzes and polished granite, are exquisite reproduc-tions of the photographs -even to representing the weather stains. BENEATH HALLOWED SOD. The Confederate prisoners dying in captivity are buried neathnorthern sod. Side by side they sleep the sleep that knows no waking,away from home and kindred. To die is the last service a soldier canrender his country, but to die a prisoner in a hostile land, far from allendearing associations, lends a special halo to his heroism. The breezy call of incense-breathin;:; morn. The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed. The cocks shrill clarion or the echoing horn. No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them, no more the blazing hearth shall Ijurn Or busy housewife ply her evening children run to lisp their sires return Or climb his knees, the envied kiss to share. — T/lanuis Ctt_}. y KALEVIM
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