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Memorial Day in Athens Honors Confederate Dead
A lengthy Athens memorial ceremony recalls Cobb, Smith, Grady and other Confederate heroes. Speakers praise southern valor, widowly virtue, and the Ladies Memorial Association while processions, chapel services, and graves at Oconee Cemetery loom large in the day’s observances.
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Athens
Tals
Cobb
Smith
Grady
DeLaney
Hill
Ladies Memorial Association
Solemm
Oconee
College Avenue
Clarke Rifles
Sledge
Place
University Battallion
C. M. Snelling
Vittor
South Carolina University
Ft. Harrisn
Chevalier Bay
England
France
South
Robert E.lee
Stonewall Jackson
Christ
George Washington
Africa
Republic
Mrs. Stowe
Tom
Jenry W. Grady
Fort Sumter
Henry Woodfin Grady
Petersburg
New South
Thomas R. R. Core
Burnsides
Marye
Frederiksburg
Y. R.R. Cobb
Co ¥B
Fredericksburg
Federal Hill
Stevens
Gen. Cobb
John C. Rutherford
W. 8. Grady
Virginia
William 8. Grady
Asheville
Greenvile F. C
Mayors Hall
John O. Waddell
Crampton Gap
John H. Hughes
W. A. Gilleland
Anderson
Elizabeth Church Robb
New York
M. L. Smith
Martin L. Smith
West Point
Mr. Davis
Montgomery
New Orleans
Seige
Vicksburg
Lee
Spottsylvania