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Th*» intense patriotism of th«*! South in the Civil war was well ex amplified in the Record and Chronicle's news columns the other day when, in connection witu the proposition to erect a Confederate monument here, it was stated that Denton county gave no leas than 1200 men to the Confederate armies. The figures. when we recall that the population of the entire county at that time was perhaps less than 5,000 are remarkable. They represent the enlistment of practically every able-bodied man and every boy of 16 or over in the county at that time. Both under-age and above-age contributed to that remarkable total, leaving at home, with few exceptions, only the women, the small children, the decrepit and the hopelessly Infirm. Think of a people giving up a fourth of their number to go to war! Tn the Spanish-American war Denton county with nearly 30,000 people sent one company. It is true there was no such need for men as there had been forty years earlier. Let u hope, indeed, no such cai will ever I lih^Snade again. That 1200 of thepast deserves well to be remembered by the 4G.U0Q of the present. The proposed monument will not only commemorate the 1200, but the Confederates of other states now living in Denton county. It is - little for the Daughters to ask couple of thousand dollars for the monument to the living and the dead of as noble a band of men as ever went out from any country to fight for a principle. Den ton county should not stop at rals ing $2,OOo for the purpose asked by the Daughters; $3,000 or $4,000 or $5,000 is not too much, but little enough for so deserving a project. Denton county is made up chiefly of Confederates and their descendants. They alone can raise the amount desired by the Daughters. They will, we are sure, welcome the opportunity to contribute to so laudable a pur pose. Let’s not forget, in the meantime, that out of a population of less, perhaps considerably less, than 5,000 Denton county gave 1200; fighting men to the Confederate cause
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Record and Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Wed, Dec 08, 1909
Page 2
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George C.
USA 15 Sep 2017
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