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THE LIBRARY OF THE 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF 
 NORTH CAROLINA 
 
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HISTORY 
 
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 WAKE COUNTY 
 
 LADIES MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 CONFEDERATE MEMORIALS IN CAPITOL SQUARE 
 
 MEMORIAL PAVILION 
 
 THE HOUSE OF MEMORY 
 
 AND THE 
 
 CONFEDERATE CEMETERY 
 
 RALEIGH 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 1938 
 
HISTORY 
 
 of the 
 
 WAKE COUNTY 
 
 LADIES MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 CONFEDERATE MEMORIALS IN CAPITOL SQUARE 
 
 MEMORIAL PAVILION 
 
 THE HOUSE OF MEMORY 
 
 AND THE 
 
 CONFEDERATE CEMETERY 
 
 RALEIGH 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 1938 
 
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 THE OLD NORTH STATE 
 
 By William Gaston 
 
 Carolina, Carolina, Heaven's blessings attend her. 
 While we live we will cherish, protect and defend her, 
 Tho' the scorner may sneer at and witlings defame her. 
 Yet our hearts swell with gladness whenever we name her. 
 
 Chorus : 
 
 Hurrah ! Hurrah ! The Old North State forever. 
 Hurrah! Hurrah! The Good Old North State. 
 
 Tho' she envies not others their merited glory, 
 Say, whose name stands the foremost in Liberty's story, 
 Tho' too true to herself e'er to crouch to oppression. 
 Who can yield to just rule a more loyal submission. 
 
 Then let all who love us, love the land that we live in, 
 As happy a region as on this side of heaven. 
 Where plenty and freedom, love, and peace, smile before us. 
 Raise-a-loud, raise together, the heart swelling chorus. 
 
I have had many requests for the hiscriptions on the tablets in 
 the Memorial Pavilion in the Confederate Cemetery in Ralei^'-h. 
 N. C, and it is with pleasure I publish this little book, of the 
 Wake County Ladies' Memorial Association, Confederate 
 Memorials in the Capitol Square, Confederate Cemetery and 
 the "House of Memory" for the friends who wish it. 
 
 (Charlotte Bryan Grimes Williams) 
 Mrs. Alfred Williams 
 
 Pi'esident, Gen'l. James Johnston Petti^rrew 
 Chapter, U. D. C. 
 September, 1938 
 
 Salute to the Confederate Flag 
 
 "I salute the Confederate Flag with Affection, Reverence 
 and Undying- Remembrance." 
 
CHAPTER I 
 The General James Johnston Pettigrew Chapter 
 
 On April 14, 1896. Mrs. John W. Hinsdale issued a call to 
 the ladies of Raleigh, N. C, to meet in the parlors of the 
 Yarboroug-h House to form a Chapter of the United Daughters 
 of the Confederacy. There were forty charter members and 
 ten charter members among the children. Mrs. Hinsdale was 
 elected President, and Mrs. Fred A. Olds, Recording Secretary. 
 The Chapter was called "The Raleigh Chapter," but later the 
 name was changed to the "General James Johnston Pettigrew 
 Chapter." There were already three chapters in this State, the 
 first at Wilmington, the second (the Pamlico Chapter) at 
 Washington, and the third at Salisbury. The James Johnston 
 Pettigrew Chapter, the fourth in order of formation of this 
 organization in North Carolina, was given this name by 
 Mrs. Hinsdale. 
 
 With the name of General Pettigrew, of North Carolina, 
 will live forever the inspiration of the indomitable courage of 
 the North Carolina troops at Gettysburg, and the heroic beauty 
 cf that most beautiful thing for which he gave his life, the 
 Old South. 
 
 General Pettigrew was born at Bon Arva Plantation, Scup- 
 pernong Lake, Tyrrell County, North Carolina, July 4th, 1827. 
 He entered the Confederate service as Colonel of a South Caro- 
 lina Regiment. His regiment took possession of Castle Pickney 
 and was afterward's transferred to Moore's Island. 
 
 He w?<s elected Colonel of the 22nd North Carolina Regiment. 
 General Pettigrew was killed at Falling Waters, Va., July 14th, 
 1863. On July 3rd, 1863, Pettigrew's Brigade, under the leader- 
 ship of that gallant officer made their immortal charge in the 
 assault on Cemetery Ridge, at Gettysburg. 
 
 On the Christ Episcopal Church parish register, at Raleigh, 
 are found these words, "Buried, July 24th, 1863, James Johns- 
 ton Pettigrew, Brigadier General of the Confederate States 
 Army under General Lee, killed in retreat across the Potomac." 
 General Pettigrew's body was later removed to his old home on 
 Bon Arva Plantation, in Tyrrell County. 
 
 Extracts From the History of Captain S. A. Ashe and an 
 article written by Major Henry London : 
 
 North Carolinians advanced further at Gettysburg than any 
 other troops, according to the official map of the battlefield, 
 and General Pettigrew's charge has brought to the State im- 
 perishable glory and renown. 
 
 The loss in casualties sustained at Gettysburg by the Twenty- 
 sixth North Carolina was indeed, the heaviest suflfered by any 
 Regiment during the entire War. 
 
Not only was Pettij^-i-ew himself wounded, but, four of hi-; 
 staff were either killed or wounded and there, fell Harry K. 
 Bur^wyn the i)ride of his Regiment, noble, lion-hearted, and 
 efficient. 
 
 In the first day's fight at Gettysburg-, Col. Bryan Grimes, 
 (afterwards Major General) and his Regiment were the first 
 to enter that town, and drove the enemy through Gettysburg 
 to the heights beyond, capturing more prisoners than there 
 were men in his command. 
 
 Had this temporary success been followed promptly by Lee's 
 Army, Gettysburg would not have sounded the death-knell of 
 the Southern Confederacy. 
 
 In the retreat from Pennsylvania Col. Grimes was placed in 
 the rear guard, of the retreating Army. It seemed always to 
 have been the fate of this officer to occupy the post of honor 
 and danger, in the front of every achance and in the rear of 
 every retreat, beginning with Yorktown in 1862 and ending 
 at Appomattox in 1865. This fact speaks louder thtm words 
 of the great confidence placed in him by his superior officers. 
 
 Kon Arva Plantation 
 
 In 1928 the North Carolina Division of the United Daughters 
 of the Confederacy, erected a strong galvanized iron fence, and 
 restored the grave yard of the Pettigrew Bon Arva Plantation 
 on the sliores of Lake Phelps, (formerly Lake Scupi)ernong) 
 in Tyrrell County, and at the same time a Bronze Tablet was 
 placed on the gate by the Johnston Pettigrew Chapter of Ra- 
 leigh, bearing this insci'iption : 
 
 "This fence was erected around the grave of General James 
 Johnston Pettigrew by the North Carolina Division of the 
 United Daughters of the Confederacy and sponsored by the 
 Johnston Pettigrew Chapter of Raleigh, N. C, September, 
 1928." 
 
 On September 27, 1928, a representative assemblage of 
 Eastern North Carolina gathered at this sacred spot, on Bon 
 Arva Plantation, to witness the dedication of this Memorial 
 fence and tablet which was presented by Mrs. Alfred Williams, 
 Chairman of the Committee on restoration, and accepted by 
 Mrs. Walter F. Woodard, then President of the N. C. Division 
 U. D. C. — other members of the Committee were, Mrs. W. C. 
 Rodman, Washington, N. C, Mrs. Henrv M. London, Raleigh, 
 N. C. and Mrs. Francis Winston, Windsor, N. C. 
 
CHAPTER II 
 
 History of the Ladies' Memorial Association, and Confeder- 
 ate Cemetery written by Mrs. Garland Jones, President of the 
 Ladies' Memorial Association 1893. 
 
 The History of the Ladies' Memorial Association of RaleiRh 
 is, perhaps one of the most interesting- in the South, as under 
 its auspices much outside work has been accomplished. It was 
 hardly more than a month after Sherman's army entered the 
 City of Raleigh, when the graves of our Confederate dead 
 scattered all over Virginia, or rudely laid out near hospitals, 
 that the women of this City came together and formed the 
 Ladies' Memorial Association. 
 
 The immediate object in forming this Association was to 
 care for the sacred bodies of the dead in our own city. 
 
 When the Federal army came to Raleigh and took possession 
 of Pettigrew Hospital, where the Soldiers' Home now stands, 
 ( ur Confederate dead were peacefully sleeping in a beautiful 
 lot near by. The Federal officer in command selected this place 
 for the interment of their own dead, and sent word to the 
 mayor of the City that the bodies must be removed, as they 
 desired that spot for the burial of their own dead. 
 
 Following this order came the threat that if the Confeder*^te 
 sellers buried there were not removed in two days, their bodies 
 would be thrown in the road. 
 
 It is needless to say such a threat, coming from such a 
 source, stirred to activity every loyal citizen of the town, nnd 
 with the impulse that moves all true Southern people, beauti- 
 ful lots for the burial of our dead were offered. The one offered 
 by Mr. Henry Mordecai being the most suitable, was accepted, 
 and preparations were immediately begun for their removal to 
 this place. 
 
 The work was done almost entirely by the young men of 
 our City who fought side by side with their fellow-comrades. 
 It was a "labor of love." They came with picks and wheel- 
 barrows, determined never to cease until the body of the last 
 Southern soldier was removed to a place of safety. They were 
 assisted in this work by our faithful women, who, walking by 
 their side, cheered and encouraged the men as they trudged 
 the weary distance between the two cemeteries under a scorch- 
 ing, summer sun. One good woman, seeing them almost over- 
 come by their task, begged a cask of beer, and, walking by 
 their side, gave it out as she saw they needed it. Just here a 
 touching little incident: 
 
 One of the coffins had been a little strained at its joinings 
 by handling, allowing a long, half-curled lock of fair hair to 
 
escape, which hun.u- down as the coffm was lifted from the 
 wati'on. This lock of hair is now in the i)ossession of one of 
 the ladies. 
 
 The work of removing our dead from the spot where they 
 were in dant-'er of being thrown in the road, being accomplished, 
 a.ttention was now tui-ned to gathering them from far-ofl' 
 battle tields. 
 
 The thii'sty soil of Gettysburg drank in some of the best 
 blood of North Carolina, and from this place 103 bodies were 
 brought home at one time, 103 graves with open, hungry 
 mouths to receive a like numl)er of l)odies, was a scene rarely 
 witnessed by human sight. 
 
 It was at this time the Ladies' Memorial Association was 
 formally organized, and work was begun putting the cemetery 
 in (ii'der. The walks were laid off, gi'ass sown, flowers and 
 shrubs planted, the Confederate Monument ^vas erected, a 
 handsome ii'on i)a\'ilion was jiluced in tlie center of the grounds, 
 wooden head-boards were exchanged for granite, and the 
 present system of marking them by numbers and recording 
 both name and number in a register was adopted. 
 
 The 10th of May, the anniversary of the death of the im- 
 niortal Jackson, was chosen as the day to decorate the graves. 
 At this time our City was under martial rule, and no public 
 ( bserx'ance of the day was allov; 'd. 
 
 Indeed, the threat was made tnat if the women went to the 
 Cemetery in a procession, they would be tired upon without 
 further warning. So, quietly and unobserved, these loyal and 
 de\'oted women gathered in gr(Hips of not more than two or 
 three at the difftrent street corners, each one bearing their 
 crosses and wreaths, and wended their way to the Cemetery, 
 closely followed and watched by a Federal officer, to see that 
 no procession was formed. 
 
 At this time there were no exercises of any kind, not even 
 a prayer, and it demanded some courage an:l independence 
 fron'i those who walked un:Ier the dripping skies through 
 ankle-deep mud of the country road to fulfill this poor duty 
 to our fallen heroes. 
 
 In course of time the troops were removed from our City 
 and a. more dignified observance of the day was adopted, that 
 in the future the subject of the oration on Memorial Day 
 should be the war services of one of the generals, or some dis- 
 tinguished officer of North Carolina, or some notable event 
 connected with the State's history. 
 
 In 1883, 107 Confederate dead were removed from the Na- 
 tional Cemetery at Arlington, and with all the solemnity be- 
 fitting the occasion, were laid to rest in their own native soil. 
 
 At that time there were no ex-Confederates in Washington 
 
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City to interfere with the work of the women. Consequently 
 there was no opposition to our claiming- our own dead. 
 
 At the rate of one per month the veterans from the Soldier's 
 Home are transferred to our "City of the Dead," which keep 
 the number increasing. We now number more than a thousand 
 graves of as brave men as ever drew sword for their country. 
 It was under the auspices of the Ladies' Memorial Association 
 that the Soldier's Home, that home of rest for so many battle- 
 scarred veterans, was built, and under the auspices of this 
 Association that the magnificent monument that now stands 
 at the Western gate of the Capitol was erected. 
 
 A call was made by Capt. A. B. Stronach, commander of the 
 corps of Confederate Veterans, for aid in raising money for 
 the Camp. The Ladies' Memorial Association responded to the 
 call, and with the assistance of the other patriotic ladies of 
 the City, conducted a Confederate bazaar, and the sum of 
 SI, 600. 00 was realized, the largest sum ever raised for a 
 charitable purpose in the history of the city. 
 
 The last work of the Association was an effort to bring back 
 from Arlington and the Soldiers' Home the remains of the last 
 cf our brave sons who sleep there. This work is still incomplete. 
 
 Our Confederate Cemetery is the exclusive property of the 
 Ladies' Memorial Association. 
 
 We have no appropriation and never appeal to the public for 
 aid, but depend entirely on the annual dues of the few faithful 
 and devoted members for support. 
 
 Death has sadly thinned our ranks, until now, only about 
 seventy-five of the noble band of women who organized this 
 Association remain. 
 
 Lying side by side with our North Carolina dead, are 46 
 South Carolinians, 44 Georgians, 8 Alabamians, 8 Mississip- 
 pians, 4 Virginians, 2 Floridians, 1 Arkansan, 2 Tennesseans, 
 1 Texan, 1 Louisianan, 3 of the Confederate navy, and 106 
 unknown dead, and on every recurring Memorial Day. loving- 
 hands place on each grave its tribute of the beautiful Spring 
 flowers. 
 
 It is the hope and prayer of the older members of the Ladies' 
 Memorial Association that the work be not allowed to die with 
 the passing away of its founders, and the generation which 
 knew the birth of the "Storm-beaten" nation, and which m.ourn 
 its fall, and whose hearts cherish the fadeless glories of the 
 Confederate flag; but that the younger women, to whom these 
 glories are only a tradition, will keep alive the memory of the 
 men who died for our just cause, but who died not in vain, 
 
 
 
for they <^iive their Hves for a ti'i'eat principle, and their blood 
 sends a messa^-e down through all time. 
 
 "Their reward is in Heaven, and their works do follow 
 them." 
 
 Mrs. Gai'land Jones, 
 
 President Ladies' Memorial Association. 
 
 Mrs. Garland Jones was elected President of the 
 Ladies' Memorial Association, April, 1898. 
 
 Mrs. Jones was President of the Confederate Monument So- 
 ciety of Raleigh, and for years Recording Secretary of the 
 North Carolina Division, U. D. C. President for North Carolina 
 of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association, and one of the 
 Committee in charge of the construction of this Monument. 
 
 The last work she did was perfecting plans and details for 
 this object. 
 
 Mrs. Jones was one of the most belo\-ed and tireless workers 
 of the Memorial Association. 
 
 Born July, 1847; Died Sept. 2. 1916. 
 
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CHAPTER III 
 
 In 1916, after many years of faithful and loving service the 
 older generation gave way to the younger, and the Ladies 
 Memorial Association and the Junior Auxiliary were merged. 
 
 Mrs. Alfred Williams was made President. 
 
 On a beautiful afternoon. May 10th, 1918, the Memorial 
 exercises were being held in the Senate Chamber of the State 
 Capitol. The grounds were tilled with Khaki clad young soldiers 
 on their way to France for the World War. The son of the 
 speaker of the day was among the number. Martial music of 
 the bands floated through the open windows, as these boys 
 marched by. Many a heart was aching, and the younger mem- 
 bers of the assemblage had brought home to them what their 
 mothers, friends and relatives had known during the sixties. 
 Many of these boys never returned, and are sleeping in France. 
 
 On December 17, 1918, a meeting was held, at which the 
 decision was made that the Ladies Memorial Association be 
 merged into the United Daughters of the Confederacy, this 
 step following the course pursued at many other places. 
 
 All the arrangements were made, and the Ladies Memorial 
 Association passed out of existence as an organization Febru- 
 ary 27th, 1919, when it gave a deed to the Confederate Ceme- 
 tery, it had so long, so lovingly and so faithfully cared for 
 to the General James Johnston Pettigrew Chapter, U. D. C, 
 who pledged themselves to give this sacred spot the loving 
 care, these women who knew and loved the soldiers sleeping 
 there, had given it for many long years. 
 
 The Association existed for almost exactly 53 years, dating 
 from the spring of 1866. 
 
 At a called meeting, Mrs. Montgomery reported having seen 
 Mr. T. H. Briggs about the gift of the land on the west side 
 cf the Cemetery, stating that Mr. Briggs would have the deed 
 made out and turned over just as soon as an accurate survey 
 of the plot could be made. 
 
 The list of contents in the box belonging to the Memorial 
 Association was read, also a paper petitioning the Legislature 
 for an appropriation for the care of the graves of soliders in 
 the Confederate Cemetery. 
 
 Mrs. Alfred Williams reported $332.71 in the treasury of 
 the Memorial Association, then read the report of the Treas- 
 urer of the Memorial Association, transferring all holdings to 
 Mrs. Chas. Lee Smith, Treasurer of the U. D. C. 
 
 It was voted that the original Minutes 1866 to 1882 and 
 other valuable papers, along with the list of Arlington Dead, 
 
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and list of Dead in the Confcdciate Cemetery in Raleigdi be 
 placed in the strong- box kept with the Historical Commission. 
 
 Letter fi'om the Memorial Association to the Genera.l James 
 Johnston PettigTew Chapter, N. C. Division United Daughters 
 (;f the Confederacy, Raleigh, N. C, was read as follows: 
 
 In the year following- the fall of the Confederacy (1866) 
 the Ladies Memorial Association of Wake County was organ- 
 ized. It was composed of the wives, widows, mothers and 
 daughters of Confederate Soldiers, and its purpose was to aid 
 needy Confederate Soldiers and dependents, as well as to honor 
 the Memory of those who wore the Gray. 
 
 While the Confederate Soldier was giving the World the 
 most splendid record of valor, heroism and self-sacritlce the 
 devoted women at home, who organized this Association, were 
 undergoing i)i'i\ation, sufl'ering and mental anguish almost 
 inexpressible. 
 
 For more than tifty years this Association has performed 
 a labor of love and in that time it has been one of the greatest- 
 factors in the State in shaping Confederate legislation and in 
 furthering the interests of the old soldiers. It established and 
 has cared for the Confederate Cemetery at Oakwood where lie 
 two thousand and forty Confederate Dead from Noi'th Carolina 
 and eleven other Confederate States. 
 
 The Ladies Memorial Association has annually on ^Memorial 
 Day (May 10th) held Memorial Exercises at which Confederate 
 Historical addresses were made and the graves of Confederate 
 Soldiers decorated, these addresses constitute a very valuable 
 part of the Confederate literature of the State. For two genera- 
 tions this Association has zealously and jealously guarded the 
 good name of the North Carolina Confederate Soldier and 
 helped to succor his widow and orphan, and has ministered to 
 him in his old age. Almost all the original members of the 
 Ladies Memorial Association of Wake County are dead and 
 most of its present members l)e]()ng to the Daughters of the 
 Confederacy, an organization similar in character and purpose 
 to our own. Therefore, we, desiring to live in our daughters 
 and anxious to continue oui' work through younger and 
 stronger hands, do Resolve 
 
 That we, the Ladies Memorial Association of Wake County, 
 ask the Johnston Pettigrew Chapter of the United Daughters 
 of the Confederacy to accept our membership as its own and 
 to take over and carry on the work in which we a.re n(n\' and 
 have so long been engaged. We especially ask your lo\'ing 
 care of the Confederate Cemetery, where lie so many of our 
 gallant heroes. 
 
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The General Assembly makes an annual appropriation of 
 $250.00 for the care and upkeep of this Cemetery, which will 
 doubtless be continued. 
 
 With affectionate reg-ards, we beg you to accept this sacred 
 charg-e, and other duties we would impose upon you. 
 
 In loving friendship, we are 
 
 Kate McKimmon, 
 Elizabeth P. Jones, Secretary, 
 Lizzie W. Montgomery, 
 Charlotte Grimes Williams, President. 
 (Mrs. Alfred Williams) 
 
 Letter from U. D. C. Chapter to Memorial Association 
 
 To the Ladies Memorial Association of Wake County, the 
 General James Johnston Pettigrew Chapter of the North Caro- 
 lina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy sends 
 greetings. 
 
 The request of the Ladies Memorial Association of Wake 
 County to merge with the General James Johnston Pettigrew 
 Chapter, U. D. C, to become one with us in heart and in 
 purpose has been received by the Chapter and by unanimous 
 vote we welcome the members of the Association into the 
 Chapter. It is with great pleasure, with loving hearts and with 
 very humble spirits that the Daughters open their arms to 
 these Mothers of Israel. 
 
 The history of the Memorial Association of the South covers 
 years of devotion to the memory of our noble dead and of 
 service to the living Confederate and to the descendants of 
 Confederates. 
 
 The Members of these Associations were gentle ministering 
 angels, the mothers, wives, sisters and sweethearts of heroes 
 who wore the Gray, and some are still with us to bless us with 
 their good example. 
 
 The Daughters will never forget their dignity of mein under 
 all the trying circumstances which have come to us as a people 
 in the years following the War. 
 
 Year after year these noble women have mourned the 
 glorified dead and kept their graves and their memories green. 
 With undying faith and unconquered determination they have 
 taught that right is right, and that might cannot overcome 
 right even though the travail and fight may be long and wear- 
 ing, and because they have been taught to follow the truth, 
 the sons and grandsons went gladly forth "to make the world 
 safe for democracy." We accept their call to add to the sacred 
 duties of the James Johnson Pettigrew Chapter the care of the 
 
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Confederate Cemetery at Raleigh and all other work of the 
 Ladies Memorial Association of Wake County, and in-ay that 
 we may be worthy followers in the long train of noble women 
 who have been on its roll of membership. 
 
 Sincerely and respectfidly, 
 
 Mrs. Chas. Lee Smith 
 Mrs. J. Rufus Hunter 
 Mrs. Jas. A. Briggs, Pres. 
 Miss Daisy Denson 
 Mrs. Job P. Wyatt 
 
 Committee 
 March 13, 1919. 
 
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CHAPTER IV 
 
 Memorial Brick Wall at Confederate Cemetery 
 
 On September 27th, 1931, through the cooperation of the 
 Johnston Pettigrew Chapter U. D. C, and by the use of money 
 turned over by the State to that chapter for the care of the 
 Confederate Cemetery, we were able to present to the State 
 of North Carolina, a handsome Memorial Brick Wall, which 
 adds to the cemetery both protection and beauty. In the con- 
 struction of this wall 52,000 brick were used. Of these the 
 Johnston Pettigrew Chapter gave 10,000, and it also con- 
 tributed one half of the purchase price of the Bronze Memorial 
 Tablet. This wall is 365 feet long. 
 
 On September 27th, 1931, just as the shadows lengthened 
 and the sun went dowm, with a large crowd present, bands 
 playing and flags flying the Memorial Brick Wall and Tablet 
 at the Confederate Cemetery were presented by the Johnston 
 Pettigrew Chapter to the State of North Carolina. 
 
 Mr. J. J. Blair made the speech of presentation, and the gift 
 was accepted for the State by the Hon. Baxter Durham, State 
 Auditor. The wall runs 365 feet along the Southern boundary 
 of the Confederate Cemetery. 
 
 The tablet crowned by the beautiful seal of the Confederate 
 
 States of America, bears the following inscription. 
 
 "This Wall erected June 3rd 1931 
 
 by the 
 
 General James Johnston Pettigrew Chapter 
 
 United Daughters of the Confederacy 
 
 Raleigh, N. C. 
 
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To commemorate the heroism of the Soldiers and Sailors of 
 the Confederate States Army and Navy. 
 
 Who rest buried in tiiis cemetery." 
 
 Committee 
 Mai-tha H Hay\Nood. 
 
 Chairman, U. D. C. State Cemetery Committee 
 Mrs. Alfred Williams. 
 
 President, Johnston Petti.ui'ew Cliapter 
 John J. Blair. 
 
 Chairman, P>uildin.u- Committee 
 
 Drained with Confederate and State tia^s it was unveiled by 
 Comrade Ben Kin^ of the Soldier's H(jme and Alfred Williams, 
 .'^>rd, Ki"eat grandson of General Bryan Grimes. 
 
 The entire length of this 365 foot wall has been planted with 
 ivy from the homes of Confederate Generals and other historic 
 places. 
 
 In memory of General Pettigrew and General Bryan Grimes 
 ivy was brought from Bon Arva and Grimesland Plantations, 
 and along the farther reach of the wall, ivy was planted which 
 came from Mount Wrnon, Yorktown. and Abbotsford, Scot- 
 land. 
 
 Inscription on Tablet (jn Gate at Confederate Cemetery: 
 
 Ladies Memorial Association, organized May 23rd, 1866. 
 
 On same tablet, the Johnston Pettigrew Chapter on April 
 2nd, 1930 placed this inscription: 
 
 Henry Mordecai Esquire of Wake Co., gave and conveyed 
 on March 1st, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Seven, to the 
 Memorial Association of Raleigh the land for this cemetery 
 foi- the soldiers of the late Confederate Army. 
 
 Soldiers' Monument in Confederate Cemetery 
 
 In Memory of our Confederate Dead 
 
 Erected 1870 
 
 "Sleep Warrior, Sleep, the struggle. 
 The battle cry is hushed. 
 Our Standards have been lowered, 
 Our blooming hopes been crushed, 
 Sleep, for thy name U cherished. 
 By the bravest and the best. 
 And Soldier's hearts and woman's love. 
 Are with thee in thy rest." 
 
 George M. Whiting 
 Captain George M. Whiting of Raleigh was a member of 
 Manly 's Battery, afterwards became Captain of Co. C, 47th 
 
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Reg-iment, and was taken prisoner at Gettysburg- — he died 
 soon after the close of the War, and is buried near this 
 Monument in the Confederate Cemetery. 
 
 Capt. Whiting- assisted in removing the dead from the Fed- 
 eral Cemetery to the Confederate Cemetery. 
 
 One of the most interesting monuments in the Confederate 
 Cemetery is the one to Capt. Shotwell. 
 
 In Memoriam 
 
 Randolph Abbott Shotwell late Capt Co. I, 8th Regiment 
 Mrginia Volunteers Confederate States Army. Born Decem- 
 ber 18, 1848 in West Liberty, Virginia. Died July 31st, 1885 
 in Raleigh, N. C. 
 
 A Patriot whose honor and constancy no suffering could 
 weaken, no advantage tempt, no loss dismay, and in whom 
 all the attributes of true greatness w^ere so nicely adjusted, 
 so exactly placed, that it was not until he had passed into 
 Life Eternal that men saw he had reached the full stature of 
 a man. 
 
 Three years in battle from Leesburg to Cold Harbor, with 
 Pickett's men, and three years in prison at Fort Delaware and 
 Albany. 
 
 This Monument is erected by the people of his adopted State, 
 as a tribute to a soldier, whose courage was proved in sixteen 
 battles, and who in the midst of disaster, captivity and defeat, 
 kept unshaken his fidelity to his cause, his country and his 
 comrades in arms. 
 
 He v.-as at school in Virginia and in 1862 went with a Virginia 
 Regiment in the Confederate Army to Eastern North Carolina 
 to fight the Federal Troops ; was in many battles ; and was 
 promoted Lieutenant; was captured twice and was both times 
 sent to Federal Prisons. After the war, went to North Carolina, 
 to Rutherfordton. July 5th, 1871 he was arrested charged with 
 being Ku-Klux. He was seized and confined in an iron cage in 
 Rutherfordton jail for two months. In September that year he 
 was chained with six other prisoners and was driven on foot 
 thirty miles to Marion and there put in a crowded cage, and 
 then went to Raleigh and was taken before Judge Hugh L. 
 Bond and tried, who sentenced him to six years in the Albany 
 New York prison. He was tied with ropes and was led through 
 the streets of Raleigh to jail, and then to Albany and stayed 
 in that prison until late in 1872 when President U. S. Grant 
 gave himj an unconditional pardon. Later he served a term in 
 the Legislature, was made State Auditor, 1885 and died sud- 
 denly July 31, that year. He is buried in the Confederate 
 Cemetery at Raleigh. 
 
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Extracts made from addresses by Cai^t. S. A. Ashe and 
 Mr. Marsliall Haywood on the occasion of the Centennial 
 Ceremonies at Christ Episcopal Church, Raleigh. 
 
 The ladies of the City used to go to Christ Church to pray 
 for strength and inspiration to carry us through the dark 
 days that wei"e upon us, to i)ray for the Confederate Govern- 
 ment, and its leader, Jefferson Davis. 
 
 Hei'e the men and boys who had left us to tight for the 
 right, came back sometimes on furloughs, sick oi' wountled to 
 j(Mn theii' prayers with ours. 
 
 Here the mothei's, wixes and sweethearts came to pray for 
 their safety, during the long cold days of dread. The dim, quiet 
 aisles are always peopled for me with the pretty brides of 
 those days, and the sad faced widows and mothers. 
 
 Ei'om 1861-1865 raged the War between the States, and 
 the parish of Christ Church paid a bloody toll to the Southern 
 side. Some of their sons, were consigned to unmarked graves 
 on the battletields of Northern Mrginia, and some were 
 brought home for burial, an examination of the i)arish register 
 of that period shows some record of the troublous state of the 
 times. 
 
 "F>ui-ied July 24, 1863 James Johnston Pettigrew, Brigadier 
 General of the Confederate States Army under General Lee, 
 killed in the retreat across the Potomac, General Pettigrew's 
 body was later removed to his old home in Tyrrell County." 
 
 "Buried August 22, 1864 George Pettigrew Bryan, Captain 
 of Cavalry in the Confederate service killed in a skirmish on 
 the 19th, near Richmond." 
 
 "Buried Ivlarch 28, 1865 Captain Rankin, C. S. A." 
 
 "Buried, April 12, 1865, Lieutenant ^letcalf of the Confeder- 
 ate States Army." 
 
 New Orleans, Baptized, Francis Henry Jordon (Adult) 
 Captain, C. S. A. 
 
 "Buried April 12, 1865, Lieutenant Donohue, C. S. A." 
 
 "Buried May 19, 1866, William H. Haywood, killed in the 
 Battle of the W^ilderness two years Itefore." 
 
 "Buried November 4, 1866, Edward Smedes, killed at Spott- 
 sylvania. May 12, in battle, 1864. 
 
 "Buried November 11, 1866, Campbell Iredell, killed in the 
 Battle of Gettysburg, July 3rd, 1863, and James Iredell, killed 
 in the Battle of Chancellorsville May 3, 1863." 
 
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The above list is very imperfect, not giving the names of 
 half the members of Christ Church who were killed in battle. 
 The fact that their names do not appear on the burial roll of 
 the parish register, was probably due to the fact that the last 
 rites were said over their remains, when they were first in- 
 terred in Virginia. 
 
 Among those who lost their lives battling for the Con- 
 federacy, were Brigadier General Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, 
 killed at Sharpsburg, Brigadier General George B. Anderson, 
 mortally wounded in the same battle. Colonel Harry K. Burg- 
 wyn, Jr., killed at Gettysburg, and Lieutenant Duncan C. 
 Haywood, killed at Cold Harbor. 
 
 Members of Christ Church also did active service in the 
 War with Mexico, 1846-48 as well as serving in the War be- 
 tween the States, among these were Colonel Francis T. Bryan, 
 Major Wm. J. Clarke, (later Colonel 24th Regiment C. S. A.) 
 Lieutenant George E. B. Singletary, (later Colonel 27th and 
 44th N. C. Regiment in C. S. A.) and Lieutenant Charles 
 Manly, Jr. 
 
 Christ Church, was among the many churches throughout 
 the South, to offer its bell, to the Confederate Government for 
 the manufacture of artillery, but for some reason it was not 
 accepted. 
 
 Five churches in Raleigh tendered their bells. 
 
 On April 4th, 1862, the Baptist Church offered its large 
 bell, which weighed 13 hundred pounds, which made 3 six 
 pounders. 
 
 There too, in Christ Church, was the Parish World War 
 Service Flag with nearly 70 stars including 4 of gold. 
 
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CHAPTER V 
 
 In this confederate cemetery, are buried Bri.u'adier General 
 Ge()r<^e B. Anderson, who died 1862 of a wound in the le^ re- 
 ceived at the Battle of Sharpsbui'K and Bri<^adier General 
 William R. Cox. 
 
 Captain George Pettig-rew Bryan in a fig-ht at Upperville. 
 Va., was shot through the head and left for dead on the held. 
 Captured l)y the Yankees, he was first taken to Washin.u'ton 
 City and Baltimore. 
 
 Afterwards he was carried to the prison on Johnson's Island 
 on Lake Erie, where he suffered intensely fi'om his wound, 
 cold and star\'ation. 
 
 In the Spring' of 1864, he was exchang-ed and almost im- 
 mediately retui'ned to the field. 
 
 At a hght on Charles City Road in making a charge, he 
 was shot just above the heart, as he mounted the breastworks, 
 picked off by a sharp-shooter. He was a tall handsome man 
 and no doubt the enemy recognized him as an officer. He lived 
 only long enough to cheer his men on. He died a few hours 
 before his commission as Lieut. Col. was received. 
 
 They wrapped him in his blanket, and buried him where he 
 fell, later he was brought home and buried in Oakwood Ceme- 
 tery. Captain Bryan graduated with high honors at the Uni- 
 versity of Noi'th Carolina, at eighteen years of age, and was 
 killed in the 22nd year of his age. 
 
 He was appointed by Governor Ellis, a Lieutenant in the 
 second N. C. Cavalrv under Colonel Spruill in the Spring of 
 1861. 
 
 Leonidas Polk, general in the Confederate army and bishop 
 of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at Raleigh, N. C. 
 April 10, 1806, graduated at West Point in 1827, and, after 
 serving the south through many campaigns, was killed at Pine 
 Mountain, June 14. 1864. From 1888 until his death General 
 Polk hlled the bishopric of Louisiana. 
 
 In the Capitol Square is a Statue erected by N. C. Division 
 U. D. C. of Henry Lawson Wyatt, first Confederate Soldier 
 to fall in battle in the War between the States killed at Bethel 
 Church, June 10, 1861. 
 
 Also in the Capitol Square is a monument to the women of 
 the Confederacy, presented to the State of North Carolina by 
 Mr. Ashley Home, erected 1914. 
 
 In 1899, the veterans of North Carolina proposed to build 
 a monument to the women of the South. ^Irs. John W. Hiiis- 
 dale, President and founder of the Johnston Pettigrew Chapter 
 
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said: "This is highly appreciated by the Johnston Pettigrew 
 Chapter but speaking for ourselves and believing- we speak 
 for the women of North Carolina we ask that until the grave 
 of President Davis is appropriately marked and the graves 
 of all Confederate Soldiers in Northern prison yards, and on 
 Northern grounds wherever found, be marked, the monument 
 for the women be postponed. Let no stone be given us while 
 there is suffering among the widows and children of those who 
 gave their lives for this our beloved Southland." 
 
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ConcerniiiK the ijlan to remove the Confederate Monument 
 from the Capitol Square, January 4, 19o4. 
 
 STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC 
 
 FROM 
 
 JOHNSTON PETTIGREW CHAPTER U. D. C. 
 
 When the ^lemorial Association with the consent of the State 
 Authorities placed the Confederate .Monument in the Capitol 
 Square its location at the west ^'ate of the Square was chosen 
 after careful consideration from all other sites i)roiiosed be- 
 cause of its historical associations. 
 
 From its station at the western g-dte of the square. Ellis 
 Battery, later known as INIanly's Battery, fired the salute that 
 announced to the State and the world that North Carolina 
 had seceded from the Union. 
 
 North Carolina had not wished to leave the Union. t)ut at 
 Lincoln's call for troops to invade South Carolina, she decided 
 thi'(;uti-h \'ote of her legislature, without a dissenting voice to 
 sever hei- connection with the Union, rather than attack a 
 sister State. 
 
 A handkei'chief dropped from the western balcony of the 
 Capitol was the signal to the Battery of this decision, and the 
 salute of a hundred guns echoed by the shouts of the waiting 
 multitude hailed the fact that the State had thrown her lot 
 with the South. 
 
 It was a momentous decision fraught with the gravest 
 consequences. 
 
 The Confederate ^lonument upon this site i)erpetuates the 
 memory of the s])ot fr(jm which this decision was broadcast 
 to the world. 
 
 There was a tradition also that here A^ance, a strong L'nion 
 man. was urging the people to stand by the Union, was using 
 all his magetism and eloquence to deter them from secession, 
 when news of Lincoln's call for troops reached him and con- 
 verted him into a Secessionist. To use his own words "When 
 the news came, with arm extended upwards I was pleading for 
 the Union. When my hand came down from that impassioned 
 gesture, it fell by the side of a Secessionist, and I called on the 
 assembled multitude not to fight against — but for — South 
 Carolina." 
 
 Whether the tradition about Vance's speech be true or not 
 this is certain that from this spot was published the first an- 
 nouncement of the State's Secession, and it is a fitting site 
 for a Memorial of the Soldiers whose lives were sacrificed in 
 the war that followed. 
 
 When we consider that the State sent more soldiei-s to that 
 
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war than it had voters it may be easily understood that nine- 
 tenth of our people lost kinsmen in that war, kinsman whose 
 memories they revere. There are some thing's that should be 
 sacred even to the most ruthless. 
 
 The spot on which the Monument now stands was approved 
 by the State of North Carolina, its Council of State and the 
 Governor of 1895. It should remain in its place of Honor where 
 they placed it and we are in honor bound to keep it there. The 
 monument was built by the State of North Carolina and the 
 Southern Memorial Associations all over the entire State, it 
 does not belong to Raleigh alone, these Associations were com- 
 posed of mothers, widows and wives of the North Carolina 
 soldiers of the Confederacy. 
 
 This was their State as much as ours, they did more for it 
 during- those long dark days of the Sixties, and the dreadful 
 reconstruction times, than we will ever do. To tear down their 
 labor of love and sacrifice which was the work of many long 
 years will be an insult to their memory, and breaking faith 
 with the dead — we cannot do it. We have too much confidence 
 in the Governor and the Council of State to believe they will 
 ever allow the removal of this Monument. 
 
 Mrs. Alfred Williams, President. 
 N. B. I'his monument was not moved. 
 
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Extracts fi-om i)apers of May 80. 1898 
 
 On the 30th of May. 1893. the reinains of the only President 
 of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, passed throu<j:h Ralei^^h 
 and lay in State at the Capitol. The body of Mr. Davis was 
 being' taken from New Orleans for permanent burial in Rich- 
 mond, Va. It was met at the station by the Confederate 
 Veterans Assocition, Military Companies, Civic Org-anizations 
 and school children. 
 
 The funeral car was drawn by six black horses, and driven 
 by James Jones, (colored), who was once ^Ir. Davis' body 
 servant. At the South gate of the Capitol Square. Gov. Elias 
 Cai'r and his staff, in full dress unifoi-m. met the procession. 
 Church bells tolled and all Raleigh seemed to be in mourning. 
 Public buildings and stores were closed and those along the 
 line of march were draped in black, and with Confederate flags. 
 The decorations at the State House were in keeping with the 
 other buildings. 
 
 The casket was placed in the Rotunda of the Capitol. There 
 were simple funeral services, and the choir of 75 voices in the 
 circular gallery above chanted dirge after dirge as the multi- 
 tude filed slowly by. The Rotunda of the Capitol and the stall's 
 leading to the gallery above were draped in white and black. 
 
 Over the casket was laid the bullet-torn flag of the Fiftieth 
 North Carolina. Many beautiful floral designs were placed 
 around the catafalque. Designs of the Confederate flag, made 
 of flowers, were sent from nearby towns. The \"ance Guards 
 of Henderson, the Fayetteville Light Infantry, with the Gov- 
 ernor's Guard, formed the Military escort. 
 
 The State colors were at half mast at the Capitol. 
 
 The veterans who marched past the casket were from a 
 dozen states. It was estimated that more than 5.000 persons 
 passed the casket in the two hours it lay in state in the Capitol. 
 
 In the late afternoon the casket was taken back to the sta- 
 tion to continue its journey to Richmond. All heads were 
 uncovered and bowed in solemn reverence, as the procession of 
 old soldiers and companies with Battle flags moved on. 
 
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CHAPTER VI 
 
 MEMORIAL GATEWAY 
 
 On Mav 10th, 1910 the Memorial Gateway was unveiled and 
 dedicated. Mrs. E. E. Moffitt, introduced by Dr. D. H. Hill, 
 presented the Gateway to the Ladies Memorial Association of 
 Wake County. She said in part, "It is with deepest appreciation 
 that I accept the commission of the Johnston Pettigrew 
 Chapter of presenting to the Wake County Memorial Associa- 
 tion the beautiful granite gateway which stands on the border 
 line of the two Cities of the Dead," Oakwood and the Con- 
 federate Cemetery." 
 
 It is to stand as a Memorial to the boys in Gray, but will 
 likewise commemorate the patriotic service of promoters of 
 this noteworthy association which had for its object the 
 preservation and care of the graves of the Confederate dead. 
 
 The following inscription is on the bronze tablet on one of 
 the columns "Erected in Memory of Our Confederate Dead bv 
 the Johnston Pettigrew Cha])ter U. D. C, 1910." 
 
 April 6th, 1938. 
 Report of Confederate Cemetery 
 
 A great deal of work ha^s been done at the Confederate 
 Cemetery since the first of the year. All the trees have been 
 gone over carefully, dead limbs removed and trees shaped up. 
 
 In November and December we placed 20 new head stones, 
 and have restored 16 small monum.ents which were cracking 
 and dropping to pieces, some from old age, and refilled 123 
 graves. 
 
 Hundreds of these graves being on the hill side have to be 
 refilled constantly, and the head stones have to be straight- 
 ened. In the last month we have straightened 560 of them. 
 
 We have rebuilt the paths and have turned the water into the 
 gutters. We have 1700 feet of brick gutters. This required 16 
 broad brick steps and many loads of gravel. The city kindly 
 gave us the gravel. We hope by these changes to prevent so 
 much water washing over graves on the slope of the hill. 
 
 We hfive also built stone bird baths, and 5 rock gardens, on 
 the terranc-s. These five gardens comibined measure more than 
 500 feet. On these we have planted over 2000 Iris, besides Ivy. 
 r.nd many other suitable plants. 
 
The following- are articles which appeared in the City papers: 
 
 REALIZATION OF FINE IDEA SEEN IN MEMORIAL 
 
 HOUSE 
 
 House of Memory to Eulogize War Dead of North Carolina 
 
 Nov. 10, 1936. — A beautiful idea which had its inspiration 
 more than 20 years ago has been realized. 
 
 Beyond a verdant and peaceful little valley in Oakwood 
 cemetery, on a sloping terrace against a background of cedars 
 and oaks and the weathered headstones of 2800 vine-covered 
 graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors stands the House 
 of Memory. 
 
 Dignified by its simplified Gothic lines, the pavilion is con- 
 structed of native and rugged Wake county stone and em- 
 bellished with limestone widow traceries and facings. Its floor 
 is of multi-colored Beaver Creek stone. Its ceiling is supported 
 by beams of rich oak. 
 
 Tablet over door: Over the front doorway is a limestone 
 tablet : 
 
 The House of Memory 
 
 To the Soldiers and Sailors 
 
 of North Carolina who Served Her in Time of War 
 
 on Land and Sea 
 
 "Daj^s may come and days may go," said Mrs. Alfred Wil- 
 liams of Raleigh, who conceived the structure, when speaking 
 to the State Convention of the United Daughters of the Con- 
 federacy in 1929, "and time may veil in dust many truths once 
 held most clear; but in looking upon this memorial, built in 
 the memiory of the illustrious dead, men and women in the 
 days to come will have before their eyes a vision most clear 
 of the epic days of a noble chivalry, 'when Honour rode the 
 world a king and paid his servants with a royal wage' ." 
 
 There, the visitor to the Confederate Cemetery may find 
 shelter from the sun and rain and inspiration to contemplate 
 the glories and heroics of past years. There, beauty and peace 
 will eulogize the brave dead. 
 
 "Other states have honored their soldiers," said Mrs. Wil- 
 liams the other day. "North Carolina has few memorials to 
 her defenders and no state has a finer record of bravery and 
 sacrifice." 
 
 Behind the memorial pavilion, on the green slope, 2,000 
 soldiers from North Carolina lie buried and others from 10 
 ether Confederate states and the Confederate navy. 
 
 First Effort in 1917: With her brother, the late J, Bryan 
 Grimes, then Secretary of State, Mrs. Williams attempted to 
 
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secure an appropriation for such a memorial. Accompanied by 
 the late Mrs. John V\^. Hinsdale and Mrs. Walter Montgomery 
 and other members of the Wake County Memorial Association, 
 she appeared befo/e the joint appropriations committee of the 
 1917 Legislature. But efforts there were fruitless. 
 
 In 1929, with the idea still alive in her mind, Mrs. Williams 
 asked the Noi-th Carolina division of the U. D. C. to accept her 
 memorial plan as ;i major i)roject. The i:«roject was accepted by 
 vote of the convention and collection of funds was begun. 
 
 Then came the depression. Banks closed and much of the 
 memorial fund money was lost by bank failures. Again the 
 Daughters started to collect money. Finally the cornerstone 
 for the House of Memory was laid on May 10, 1935, (Con- 
 federate Memorial Day, which hereafter will be celebrated at 
 the pavilion). Sponsored and supervised all along by the Gen- 
 eral James Johnston Pettigrew chapter of the U. D. C, the 
 structure has been completed. 
 
 U. I). C. Dedicate Memorial in Confederate Cemetery 
 Dr. (iraham is Dedication Speaker 
 
 October 15, 1936, the solemn strains of "Taps" swelled in 
 the hills of Oakwood Cemetery yesterday afternoon, died down 
 and were heard no more — and the House of Memory, erected 
 to North Carolinians who have fought and died for their coun- 
 try on land and sea, was dedicated. 
 
 Before Bugler J. B. Hubbard of State College had placed the 
 bugle to his lips and a squad of State College cadets had fired 
 a three-round salute over the graves of the Confederate dead, 
 Dr. Frank P. Graham, president of the University of North 
 Carolina, made an address in which he declared that "a land 
 without memories is a land without hope." 
 
 Six veterans of the War Between the States and f\bou!; 200 
 delegates to the State convention of the North Carolina 
 Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy heard 
 Dr. Graham and talks by their new State president, Mrs. John 
 H. Anderson of Raleigh, and the retiring president, Mrs. Robert 
 E. Ridenhour of Concord. 
 
 The House of Memory, a stone pavilion, stands to the west 
 of the Confederat ■ cemetery, on a slope overlooking a minia- 
 ture valley in which seats were placed yesterday for the spec- 
 tators. Two large Confederate flags flanked the grey structure, 
 and in front sat tliose on the program : Dr. Graham, Mrs. An- 
 derson, Mrs. Ridenhour, Col. J. W. Harrelson, State College 
 administrative dean, who was master of ceremonies, the Rev. 
 James McDowell Dick, rector of the Church of the Good Shep- 
 
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herd, who pronounced the benediction, I\Ir.s. Alfred WilHams, 
 Chairman of the Memorial Committee and president of the 
 Johnston Pettigrew Chapter of the U. D. C. and the members 
 of her committee. 
 
 Tribute io Mrs. Williams: The speakers paid special tribute 
 to jMrs. Williams for her 19 years of work in behalf of the 
 memorial, and the members of her committee present were 
 introduced. They were Mrs. J. V. Hig-ham, Miss Martha Hay- 
 wood and jMrs. Seth Smith. 
 
 The program opened with a medley of old Southern airs, 
 played by the State College Band under the baton of its direc- 
 tor. Major Christian D. Kutschinski. 
 
 Graham Speaks: "This is not a house of victory or exulta- 
 tion, not a house of defeat and bitterness and hatred, but a 
 house in which are stored many beautiful memories," Dr. 
 Graham said, "First of all, we would remember the 2,000 sold- 
 iers and sailors of North Carolina, and the 500 from other 
 states who rest on this quiet hillside — we would remember that 
 they believed in something deeply enough to give their lives. 
 We would remember that North Carohna sent 127.000 of her 
 sons into the armies of the South, and 20,000 of them paid the 
 supreme price. 
 
 "We recall their love to their generation, but would also re- 
 member that war is not the best but is more likely the worst 
 way to settle human differences." 
 
 Praising the U. D. C, ]Mrs. Wilhams and ]\Irs. Anderson for 
 their work Dr. Graham declared that the "daughters of the 
 eld South have become the mothers of the new America." and 
 of State's rights, "which become a tenet of defense of the 
 plantation system," as an instrument in our time of financial 
 privilege." "We shall not allow a recentralization of the 
 power of^the people in the face of a mighty concentration of 
 the power of v/ealth," he said. "We would remember finally 
 that it takes the highest moral heroism to keep the peace and 
 win the victories of social justice and the shared security 
 of all." 
 
 Prayer for Peace: Mrs. Ridenhour, paying homage to those 
 for whom the House of ^Memorj^ was built, called on her 
 listeners to "pray and hope for the dawn of eternal peace," 
 "Let us not fail to give homage to those who fought for that 
 peace," she said. 
 
 "The brave give birth to the brave," Mrs. Anderson said. 
 *'These tablets record to us that they gave us glor3'." 
 
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Memorial Pavilion 
 "The House of INIemory" 
 
 In The Confederate Cemetery, Raleigh. N. C. 
 
 On Saturday afternoon September 17, 1938 the last three 
 tablets in the House of Memory were dedicated. 
 
 Mrs. John H. Anderson Pres. N. C. Division, U. D. C. pre- 
 sidin.o-. America \v;'s sun<i-, accompanied by Raleigh and Anjjier 
 musicians. 
 
 Invocation by the Rev. James Dick. 
 
 Mrs. Anderson brought greetings and introduced Mrs. Hay- 
 den, ord Vice Pres. \. C. Division, and Director of C. of C. 
 
 Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey and Mrs. Alfi-ed Williams, Chairman, 
 Memorial Pavilion Committee, were introduced, both ladies 
 made short talks. 
 
 Gov. Clyde Hoey was next introduced, and made the address 
 of the afternoon. 
 
 The first tablet was unveiled by ^Ii's. Hoey and r^Irs. Alfred 
 Williams, this was to the "IMothers of Noi'th Carolina Soldiers 
 and Sailors." 
 
 The second was unveiled by Mrs. J. F. Hayden of High Point 
 and Miss Louise Diggle, Pres. of C. of C. Chapter in Charlotte. 
 This tablet was erected by the Children of the Confederacy to 
 "The Confederate Women of North Carolina." 
 
 The third tablet was to the "Soldiers and Sailors of the War 
 of 1812, Mexican War, and Spanish American War," unveiled 
 by members of the Pavilion Committee, Miss Martha Haywood 
 and Mrs. J. Y. Higham. 
 
 During the unveiling the band played: Dixie, America, then 
 followed the State Song — Carolina — by the assembly. 
 
 The benediction was i)ronounced and taps were sounded by 
 the buglers. 
 
 Pages were children of Manly's Battery C. of C, the ushers 
 were Boy Scouts. 
 
 Many Children of the Confederacy from Goldsboro, Pitts- 
 boro, Sanford, Raleigh and Durham were present. 
 
 The "House of Memory" is 22x38 ft. and is built of Wake 
 County stone. The floor and walks leading from doors to steps 
 are laid in beautiful colored flag stones which blends with the 
 gray, pink and green tints in the stone of which the Pavilion 
 is built. 
 
 Heavy oak beams and an oak cornice flnish the ceiling on 
 the inside, lime stone crosses are in each gable and correspond 
 with the lime stone trim in the door.c and the Gothic windows. 
 
 All limestone used in the Pavilion is a gift from the Johnston 
 Pettigrew Chapter, as well as the tablet over the front door 
 with this inscription. 
 
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"The House of Memory" 
 A Memorial 
 
 To the Soldiers and Sailors of North Carolina 
 Who Served Her in Time of War on Land and Sea 
 
 The "House of Memory" is now entirely completed. In the 
 "Valley of Long Ago" below the pavilion, we have built three 
 stone walks, leading to the "House of Memory" and in the Val- 
 ley we have planted many shrubs and flowers. Crepe myrtles, 
 lilacs, syringas, spireas, and thousands of iris bloom in the 
 spring time. 
 
 — Along the banks of the stream which runs through the 
 grounds, we have willows and evergeens, wisteria, pink, white 
 and red running roses and honeysuckle cover the banks, slop- 
 ing down to the water. 
 
 Five rock gardens, planted with Ivy and Periwinkle on the 
 terraces, are green all winter. 
 
 As chairman of the Memorial Pavilion Committee, I wish to 
 thank all the chapters that have subscribed to this Memorial 
 during all the long years we have been working for it, and I 
 wish to assure you, it has been a pleasure and a privilege to 
 me to have had a part in building it. Everything I have done, 
 or can ever do for the soldiers and sailors of North Carolina 
 will be a pleasure and great satisfaction to me. 
 
 Mrs. Alfred Williams, Chairman. 
 
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There are twelve laljlets on the walls of the "House ol 
 Menioi-,v." Eight large ones and four smaller ones. 
 
 (State Seal) 
 
 This Memorial Pavilion 
 
 built in memory of the 
 
 Noi'th Carolina soldiers and sailors 
 
 living- and dead 
 
 will commemorate the valor of men 
 
 who true to the instincts of their birth, 
 
 faithful to the teachings of their fathers, 
 
 fought, believing their cause just, 
 
 in the following wai's : 
 
 Revolutionary War: Wai- of 1812; 
 
 Mexican War; War Between the States; 
 
 Spanish-Amei'ican War; World War. 
 
 "The soldier of the South takes his i)laco 
 in the World's Legion of Honor" 
 
 Erected by the 
 
 North Carolina Division 
 
 United Daughters of the Confederacy 
 
 Sponsored by 
 
 the General James Johnston Pettigrew 
 
 Chapter U. D. C. 
 
 Raleigh, North Carolina 
 
 Mrs. Alfred Williams, Chairman. 
 
■■mHM^WRWpi 
 
 (Eagle) 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 in the 
 
 REVOLUTIONARY WAR 
 
 1775-1783 
 
 In memory of the more than 
 25,000 North Carohna soldiers and sailors 
 
 who helped win American Independence 
 
 Memorializing- especially the six regiments 
 
 which supported General 
 
 Washington at the Battles of Brandy 
 
 Wine and Germantown, enduring with him 
 
 the hardships and privations of the memorable 
 
 winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge 
 
 Commemorating also the decisive Battles 
 
 of Moore's Creek Bridge, King's Mountain, 
 
 Guilford Court House, and other Battles 
 
 in which North Carolina fought 
 
 This tablet is erected 
 
 by the 
 
 North Carolina Society 
 
 of the 
 
 Daughters of the Revolution 
 
 BMsaBBMHMHaMBiMMfiiMMaai 
 
NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 in the 
 
 AMERICAN REVOLUTION 
 
 1 775-1788 
 
 In memory of the North Carolina Patriots 
 
 whose heroism and sacrifice contributed 
 
 signally to the achievement 
 
 of American Independence. 
 
 North Carolina offered armed resistance 
 
 to the Stani]) Act in 1776. 
 
 On May 20, 1775, 
 
 the Mecklenburg Declaration 
 
 of Independence was signed. 
 
 This act combined with 
 
 the Halifax Resolution of Ai)ril 12, 1776, 
 
 made North Carolina the first Colony 
 
 to declare Inde))endtnce 
 
 from the Crown 
 
 On battlefields from New York to Georgia, 
 
 the sons of North Carolina 
 
 served and suffered and died 
 
 for Victory and Freedom. 
 
 THE NATIONAL SOCIETY 
 DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 
 
 of North Carolina 
 1937 
 
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In Memory 
 
 of that Silent Legion 
 
 of Soldiers and Sailors 
 
 who laid down their lives 
 
 in the War of 1812, 
 
 Mexican War 
 
 and Spanish American War. 
 
 In the war of 1812 
 
 North Carolina met its quota 
 
 of Seven Thousand Volunteers. 
 
 In the War with Mexico (1846-1848) 
 
 more than three times the quota 
 
 volunteered. 
 
 In 1898 
 
 in the Spanish American War, 
 
 North Carolina was among the first 
 
 to volunteer with three Regiments 
 
 and its First Regiment were among 
 
 the first American soldiers 
 
 to land in Cuba. 
 
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(Confederate Seal) 
 
 In this 
 
 Confederate Cemetery 
 Lie more tlia.n 2800 roldiers 
 
 who Rave their Hves 
 
 for the Confederate cause. 
 
 From North CaroHna, 2,000; South CaroHna. 46 
 
 Georii^ia, 44 : Alabama, 8 
 
 Mississippi, 8 : \'irt>-inia, 4 ; 
 
 Florida, 2: Arkansas, 1; Louisiana. 1; 
 
 Tennessee, 2 ; Texas, 1 ; 
 
 Three from the Confederate Navy: 
 
 124 Removed from Gettysburg in 1871 ; 108 from 
 
 Arling-ton in 1883: 
 
 388 from Pettij^Tew Hosiiital Cemetery : 
 
 106 L'nknown Dead. 
 
 "We care not whence they came 
 Dear in their lifeless clay 
 Whether unknown or known to fame 
 Their cause and country still the same 
 They died — and wore the Grav." 
 
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(State Seal) 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 IN THE WAR 
 
 BETWEEN THE STATES 
 
 1861-1865 
 
 Seceded May 20, 1861 
 
 North Carolina sent 127,000 
 
 to this war from a 
 
 military population of 115,369 
 
 furnishing 84 regiments and 
 
 20 Battalions thus supplying 
 
 more than one fifth of the 
 
 600,000 men in the 
 
 Confederate Army 
 
 Of General Lee's 124 Regiments 
 
 24 were from North Carolina. 
 
 Total number of lives lost 
 
 in the Confederate Army 
 
 was 74,524 
 
 of these 19,643 from 
 
 North Carolina 
 
 ittt^tmitmmmam^ 
 
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(State Seal) 
 
 FIRST AT BETHEL 
 
 FARTHEST TO THE FRONT 
 
 AT GETTYSBURG AND CHICKAMAUGA 
 
 AND LAST AT APPOMATTOX 
 
 The twenty-sixth North Carolina Reg-iment 
 
 suffered at Gettysbiir<i- the 
 
 heaviest loss in killed and 
 
 wounded of any regiment on 
 
 either side in any battle 
 
 of the war. 
 
 At ChickamauKa, the Sixtieth Reg-iment 
 
 of North Caroliiia troo])s 
 
 advanced farthest into the 
 
 enemy's lines. 
 
 At Appomattox. Maior Gen'I 
 
 Bryan Grimes of North Carolina 
 
 planned and led the last battle 
 
 foug'ht by the Army 
 
 of Northern Virginia. 
 
 The North Carolina Brigade of 
 
 Brigadier Gen'I William R. Cox 
 
 Fired the last vollev, 
 
 April 9, 1865. 
 
FLAGS 
 (State and Confederate) 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 IN THE LAST YEAR 
 
 OF THE WAR 
 
 Larg-ely due to the efforts of 
 
 Zebulon Baird Vance, 
 Governor of North Carohna 
 
 from 1862 to 1865, 
 
 this state contributed large 
 
 sums of money and supplies 
 
 to the Confederate Cause, 
 
 besides supporting her own troops 
 
 throughout the entire war. 
 
 Records show that for many months 
 
 previous to the Surrender, 
 
 General's Lee's Army had been almost 
 
 entirely fed from North Carolina. 
 
 Through Wilmington, the 
 
 last Confederate port 
 
 to be closed, 
 
 were imported materials which 
 
 were the chief source of supply 
 
 to the Southern Armies. 
 
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FhiKs 
 (State and Confederate) 
 
 IN MEMORY OP^ 
 THE PRIVATE SOLDIERS 
 OP^ THE CONFEDERACY 
 
 And the army of Unknown Dead 
 who died in Northern prisons 
 and are buried far from home 
 
 and kindred. 
 
 "Not f(jr fame, not for wealth, 
 
 not for renown, nor K"oaded by 
 
 necessity, nor lured by ambition, 
 
 but in simple obedience to duty, 
 
 these men suffered all, sacrificed 
 
 all, dared all, and died." 
 
 Furl that Banner, softly, slowly ! 
 Treat it gently — it is holy — 
 
 For it droops above the dead. 
 Touch it not — unfold it never. 
 Let it droop there, furled forever, 
 
 For its people's hopes are dead ! 
 
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(Eagle) 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA 
 IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 April 6, 1917— November 11, 1938 
 
 North Carolina sent more than 
 
 85,000 Soldiers, Sailors and Nurses 
 
 to the power of the United States 
 
 which turned the tide of victory 
 
 in the World War. 
 
 Of these nearly 
 
 2,500 North Carolinians made the supreme sacrifice 
 
 for their country. 
 
 The 30th (Old Hickory) Division, 
 
 Composed of troops from North Carolina, 
 
 South Carolina, and Tennessee, 
 
 helped break the Hindenburg Line. 
 
 In proud and loving remembrance 
 
 of their Sons and Daughters 
 
 who answered their country's call 
 
 service on Land and Sea 
 
 and in the Air 
 during the World War. 
 
 This tablet is erected by 
 
 The American War Mothers of North Carolina 
 
 1937 
 
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To the Mothers 
 of North CaroHna 
 Soldiers and Sailors 
 Whose loving- ministrations 
 'r. all the Wars of our Country- 
 sustained them 
 under every privation and suffering, 
 at home 
 in Hospitals 
 and on the field of Battle. 
 Whose fortitude 
 and unselfish labor 
 contributed much 
 to supply the wants 
 of their defenders in the field. 
 
 Who gave up the dearest treasures 
 
 of their lives 
 
 and bore the Martyr's Cross 
 
 In Freedom's Name 
 
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To the 
 
 Confederate Women of 
 
 North CaroHna 
 
 who nursed the wounded to health 
 
 and soothed the last hours 
 
 of the dying. 
 
 Whose unwavering faith 
 
 in their Cause 
 
 showed ever a guiding star 
 
 through the perils and disasters of war, 
 
 And whose patriotism 
 
 has taught their descendants 
 
 to emulate the noble spirit 
 
 of their fathers. 
 
 Erected by 
 The Children of the Confederacy 
 
 of the 
 North Carolina Division U. D. C. 
 
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Tablet in Memorial Auditorium 
 Aug. 14. 1932 
 
 On the wall directl^y in front of the 
 
 main entrance is a large bronze 
 
 tablet with Confederate. U. S. Flags, and, 
 
 the Seal of North Carolina. 
 
 "This Building has been erected and 
 
 Dedicated in Proud and Loving 
 
 Remembrance of the Men and Women 
 
 of the City of Raleigh and Wake County, 
 
 Living and Dead, 
 
 Who served their Country at Home, 
 
 in Hospitals and in Battle, with 
 
 Courage, Honor and Faithfulness, 
 
 In the following Wars : 
 
 Colonial Wars, Revolutionary War, 
 
 War 1812, Mexican War 
 
 War Between the States 
 
 Spanish American War 
 
 World War 
 
 This tablet was written by 
 Mrs. Alfred Williams 
 
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THE HOUSE OF MEMORY 
 
 (Written on the occasion of the laying of the Corner Stone in 
 the Confederate Cemetery. At Raleigh, N. C, May 1935.) 
 
 Not unremembered. In its place 
 
 A chosen stone is set : 
 The House of Memory is begun — 
 
 For we may not forget. 
 Here are the living, there the dead, 
 
 The unreturning one ; 
 The valiant-hearted carrying on 
 
 Until his part is done. 
 
 Environed there mid glistening green 
 
 Beneath the cloud-bound sky, 
 A truant sun kissed silvered rain, 
 
 And dropped a rainbow nigh. 
 And glory spread on hill and stream 
 
 And fair mimosa trees, 
 As if again to consecrate 
 
 The grave of each of these. 
 
 To all the followers of the flag. 
 
 We tender proud salute ; 
 To those that are and those that were, 
 
 Commander or recruit. 
 And other Mays that come with spring. 
 
 Along its winsome way; 
 Shall find we keep each memory green 
 
 As it is green today. 
 
 — Daisy Crump Whitehead. 
 
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THE HOUSE OF MEMORY 
 
 This house shall stand 
 
 Because it hath foundations. 
 
 No shifting sands 
 
 Beneath the Sacred past 
 
 For truth 
 
 On which its covenants are tilled 
 
 Finds time 
 
 The place of memoi'v at last. 
 
 — Lilla \'ass Shepherd 
 
 In commemoration of the laying of cornerstone of the Con- 
 federate Memorial Pavilion, in Raleigh, North Carolina, Mav^ 
 10, 1985. 
 
 THE WOMEN WHO SANG 
 
 They sang, 
 Dear God, how they could sing 
 
 These women of the sixty-sixty-tive? 
 All, all those long gray years 
 Shot through with blood and te:irs. 
 
 They sang. 
 Yea, thank God, they sang. 
 
 They sang. 
 Dear God, how they could sing 
 Those women of the one time sunny South ? 
 In loneliness and pain 
 In anguish for their slain 
 
 They sang 
 Blessed be God they sang. 
 
 They sang. 
 Dear God, how could they sing 
 
 These widows, mothers, wives? 
 They laid their dead to rest, 
 Yet to the babes upon their breast 
 
 They sang 
 Thank God these women sang. 
 
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They sanji" 
 Dear God, how could they sing 
 These brave hearts of the Shattered South ? 
 In the ashes of their homes 
 'Neath the shadows of the tombs 
 
 They sang- 
 Thank God these brave hearts sang. 
 
 They sang, 
 
 These women of the Southland sang 
 Of honor without stain 
 Of hope that springs again, 
 Of comfort after pain 
 That sunshine follows rain 
 
 They sang 
 Thank God our women sang. 
 
 —Dr. Charles Waddell. 
 
 THE BLUE AND THE GRAY 
 
 George Morrow Mayo, U. S. Navy 
 Here's to the Blue of the wind-swept North, 
 
 When we meet on the fields of France 
 May the spirit of Grant be with you all 
 
 As the sons of the North advance. 
 
 And here's to the Gray of the sun-kissed South 
 When we meet on the fields of France 
 
 May the Spirit of Lee be with you all 
 As the sons of the South advance. 
 
 And here's to the Blue and the Gray as one 
 
 When we meet on the fields of France 
 May the spirit of God be with us all 
 As the sons of the Flag advance. 
 July 1928 
 Fair Oaks, N. C. 
 
 IN FLANDERS' FIELDS 
 By John McCrae 
 
 In Flanders' fields, the poppies blow 
 Between the crosses, row on row, 
 That mark our place, and in the sky 
 The larks, still bravely singing fly, 
 Scarce heard amid the guns below. 
 
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We are the dead, short days a^^o 
 We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset ii;\o\y. 
 Loved, and were loved: and now we lie 
 In Flanders' fields. 
 
 Take up the quarrel with the foe! 
 
 To you from failin.u- h;;nds ve tlirow 
 
 The torch. Be yours to lift it hi^h 
 
 If ye break faith with us who die. 
 
 We shall not sleep, thcui-^-h i)()]ipies l)low' 
 
 In Flanders' fields. 
 
 MARCH OF THE DEATHLESS DEAD 
 
 Gather the sacred dust 
 
 Of the warriors tried and true. 
 Who bore the fiag of a Nation's trust 
 And fell in a cause, though lost, still just. 
 And died foi- me and you. 
 
 Gather them one and all. 
 
 From the private to the chief; 
 Come they from hovel or princely hidl. 
 They fell for us, ;ind for them sliall fall 
 
 The tears of a Nation's grief. 
 
 Gather the corpses strewn 
 
 O'er many a battle plain ; 
 Fi'om many a grave that lies so lonL\ 
 Without a name and without a stone. 
 
 Gather the Southern slain. 
 
 We care not whence they come. 
 
 Dear in their lifeless clay ! 
 Whether unknown, or known to fame. 
 Their cause and country still the same: 
 
 They died — and wore the Gray. 
 
 Wherever the brave have died. 
 
 They should not rest apart ; 
 Living, they struggled side by side. 
 Why should the hand of Death divide 
 
 A single heart from heart? 
 
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Gather their scattered clay, 
 
 Wherever it may rest ; 
 Just as they marched to the bloody fray, 
 Just as they fell on the battle day, 
 
 Bury them, breast to breast. 
 
 The foeman need not dread 
 
 This gathering of the brave; 
 Without sword or flag, and with soundless tread. 
 We muster once more our deathless dead, 
 
 Out of each lonely grave. 
 
 The foeman need not frown. 
 
 They all are powerless now ; 
 We gather them here and we lay them down, 
 And tears and prayers are the only crown 
 
 We bring to wreathe each brow. 
 
 And the dead thus meet the dead. 
 
 While the living o'er them weep; 
 And the men by Lee and Stonewall led. 
 And the hearts that once together bled. 
 
 Together still shall sleep. 
 
 — Father Rvan. 
 
 THE CONQUERED BANNER 
 
 Furl that Banner, for 'tis weary — 
 Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary; 
 
 Furl it, fold it, it is i3est; 
 For there's not a man to wave it, 
 And there's not a sword to save it, 
 And there's not one left to lave it; 
 In the blood which heroes gave it ; 
 And its foes now scorn and brave it; 
 
 Furl it, hide it — let it rest! 
 
 Take that Banner down! 'tis tattered 
 Broken is its staff and shattered ; 
 And the valiant hosts are scattered 
 
 Over whom it floated high. 
 Oh ! 'tis hard for us to fold it ; 
 Hard to think there's none to hold it ; 
 Hard that those who once unrolled it 
 
 Now must furl it with a sigh. 
 
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Furl that Banner! furl it sadly: 
 Once ten thousands hailed it gladly, 
 And ten thousands wildly, madly, 
 
 Swore it should forever wave; 
 Swore that foeman's sword should never 
 Hearts like their entwined dissever, 
 Till that flag shall float forever 
 
 O'er their freedom or their grave I 
 
 Furl it! for the hands that grasped it. 
 And the hearts that fondly cUisped it. 
 
 Cold and dead are lying low ; 
 And that Banner — it is trailing! 
 While around it sounds the wailing 
 
 Of its people in their woe. 
 
 P\)r, though conquered, th.ey adore it! 
 Love the cold, dead hands that bore it! 
 Weep for those who fell before it ! 
 Pardon those who trailed and tore it I 
 But, oh, wildly they dei)lore it. 
 Now who furl and fold it so. 
 
 P\n-1 that Banner ! True, 'tis gory 
 Yet 'tis wreathed around with glory. 
 And 'twill live in song and story, 
 
 Though its folds are in the dust ; 
 For its fame on brightest pages, 
 Penned by poets and by sages. 
 Shall go sounding down the ages — 
 
 Furl its folds though now we must. 
 
 Furl that Banner, softly, slowly ! 
 Treat it gently — it is holy — 
 
 For it droops above the dead. 
 Touch it not — unfold it never, 
 Let it droop there, furled forever. 
 
 For its people's hopes are dead ! 
 
 — Father Ryan. 
 
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IN MEMORY OF MY BROTHER 
 
 Young as the youngest who donned the Gray, 
 
 True as the truest that wore it, 
 Brave as the bravest he marched away, 
 (Hot tears on the cheeks of his mother lay) 
 Triumphant waved our flag one day — 
 
 He fell in the front before it. 
 
 Firm as the firmest, where duty led, 
 
 He hurried without a falter; 
 Bold as the boldest he fought and bled. 
 And the day was won — but the field was red — 
 And the blood of his fresh young heart was shed 
 
 On his country's hallowed altar. 
 
 On the trampled breast of the battle plain 
 Where the foremost ranks had wrestled, 
 
 On his pale, pure face not a mark of pain, 
 
 (His mother dreams they will meet again) 
 
 The fairest form amid all the slain. 
 Like a child asleep he nestled. 
 
 In the solemn shades of the wood that swept 
 The field where his comrades found him, 
 
 They buried him there — and the big tears crept 
 
 Into strong men's eyes that had seldom wept. 
 
 (His mother — God pity her — smiled and slept. 
 Dreaming her arms were around him.) 
 
 A grave in the woods with the grass o'ergrown, 
 
 A grave in the heart of his mother — 
 His clay in the one lies lifeless and lone; 
 There is not a name, there is not a stone. 
 And only the voice of the winds maketh moan 
 O'er the grave where never a flower is strewn 
 But — his memory lives in the other. 
 
 — Father Ryan. 
 
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THE SWORD OF ROBERT LEE 
 
 F()i-th from its scabbard, pure and bright. 
 
 Flashed the swoi-d of Lee ! 
 Far in the front of the deadly ti^'^ht. 
 Hi.uh o'er the brave in the cause of Right, 
 Its stainless sheen, like a beacon lig"ht, 
 
 Led us to Victoi\v ! 
 
 Out of its scabbard, where, full Ion*.":, 
 
 It slumbered peacefully. 
 Roused from its rest by the battle's sonj^-. 
 Shielding the feeble, smiting the strong-. 
 Guarding the right, axenging the wrong. 
 
 Gleamed the sword of Lee! 
 
 Forth from its scabbard, high in air 
 
 Beneath Virginia's sky — 
 And they who saw it gleaming there. 
 And knew who bore it, knelt to swear 
 That where that sword led they would dare 
 
 To follow — and to die ! 
 
 Out of its scabbard ! Ne\'er hand 
 
 Wa\'ed sword from stain as free, 
 Noi- purer sword led braver band, 
 Nor braver bled for a brighter land, 
 Nor brighter land had a cause so ga-and. 
 Nor cause a chief like Lee! 
 
 Forth from its scabbard! How we prayed 
 
 That sword might victor be; 
 And when our triumph was delayed. 
 And many a heart grew sore afraid. 
 We still hoped on while gleamed the blade 
 
 Of noble Robert Lee! 
 
 F'orth from its scabbard all in vain 
 Bright flashed the sword of Lee; 
 
 'Tis shrouded not in its sheath again, 
 
 It sleeps the sleep of our noble slain, 
 
 Defeated, yet without a stain. 
 Proudly and peacefully ! 
 
 — Father Rvan. 
 
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DEATH 
 
 Out of the shadows of sadness, 
 Into the sunshine of gladness, 
 
 Into the light of the blest; 
 Out of a land very dreary. 
 Out of a world very weary. 
 
 Into the rapture of rest. 
 
 Out of today's sin and sorrow. 
 Into a blissful tomorrow. 
 
 Into a day without gloom ; 
 Out of a land filled with sighing, 
 Land of the dead and the dying, 
 
 Into a land without tomb. 
 
 Out of a life ever mournful. 
 Out of a land very lornful. 
 
 Where in bleak exile we roam, 
 Into a joy-land above us. 
 Where there's a Father to love us — 
 
 Into our home — "Sweet Home." 
 
 — Father Ryan, 
 
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A LAND WITHOUT RUINS 
 
 "A land without ruins is a land without memories — a land 
 without memories is a land without history. A land that wears 
 a laurel crown may be fair to see : but twine a few sad cypress 
 leaves around the brow of any land, and be that land barren, 
 beautiless and bleak, it becomes lovely in its consecrated 
 coi'onet of sorrow, and it wins the sym])athy of the heart and 
 of history. Crowns of roses fade — crowns of thorns endure. 
 Calvaries and crucifixions take deepest hold of humanity — 
 the triumphs of mig'ht are transient — they pass and are for- 
 Kotten — the sufferings of right are graven deepest on the 
 chronicle of nations." 
 
 Yes give me the land where the ruins are spread. 
 And the living tread light on the hearts of the dead : 
 Yes, give me a land that is blest by the dust. 
 And bright with the deeds of the down-trodden just. 
 Yes, give me the land where the battle's red blast 
 Has flashed to the future the fame of the past; 
 Yes, give me the land that hath legends and lays 
 That tell of the memories of long vanished days ; 
 Yes, give me a land that hath story and song ! 
 Enshrine the strife of the right with the wrong! 
 Yes, give me a land with a grave in each si)ot. 
 And names in the graves that shall not be forgot; 
 Yes, give me the land of the wreck and the tomb ; 
 There is grandeur in graves — there is glory in gloom ; 
 For out of the gloom future brightness is born, 
 As after the night comes the sunrise of morn ; 
 And the graves of the dead with the grass overgrown 
 May yet form the footstool of liberty's throne. 
 And each single wreck in the war path of might 
 Shall yet be a rock in the temple of right. 
 
 — Feather Rvan. 
 
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