. Illinois at Shiloh; report of the Shiloh Battlefield Commission and ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected to mark the positions of the Illinois commands engaged in the battle; the story of the battle . ern States have placed upon the field onehundred and eight (108) monuments at a cost of about$200,000. The Southern States are considering the mat-ter of monuments to their brave soldiers, but as yet havedone nothing. I want to state with emphasis, Mr. Chairman, that ournational commission has worked with the Illinois com-mission always in the utmost harmony. The president ofyo
. Illinois at Shiloh; report of the Shiloh Battlefield Commission and ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected to mark the positions of the Illinois commands engaged in the battle; the story of the battle . ern States have placed upon the field onehundred and eight (108) monuments at a cost of about$200,000. The Southern States are considering the mat-ter of monuments to their brave soldiers, but as yet havedone nothing. I want to state with emphasis, Mr. Chairman, that ournational commission has worked with the Illinois com-mission always in the utmost harmony. The president ofyour commission, Captain Busse, who commanded hisregiment here at Shiloh, and your secretary, MajorMason, an adjutant in the battle, as I was, have beenunwearied in their earnest work. I greatly regret that among the number who so gal-lantly fought here upon this field forty-two years ago myfriend. General John McArthur, is not present. His head-quarters and fighting lines are marked. I wish that hecould have seen the work. Mr. Chairman, the splendid monuments erected by yourState to commemorate the heroism of her soldiers are nowin the care of the government of the United States andwill be preserved for all THE DEDICATION 177 After music by the attendant band General B. W. Dukewas introduced, who spoke as follows: Address of General Basil W. Duke. When we, who once confronted each other on this fieldin stubborn opposition, now meet in friendly intercourse—meet with no thought of the past conflict, save the wishto honor its heroes on both sides—how vividly does thestrange contrast impress upon our minds the wonderswhich time has wrought. Forty-two years have passedaway since a great battle—one of the bloodiest of theCivil War—was fought on the ground where we nowstand; and in those years a work has been done whichsome of us then thought many generations only couldaccomplish, if it were ever done at all. The questionswhich had perplexed the fathers of our American C
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