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'ri.sl-yi.L-ireP1-nitlI•e50WThe Chicamauga Monument.Ed. Plain Dealer.Dear Sir.—Borne one has kindly sent to me a copy of your issue of Nov. 3d, with attention called to a communication ifi relation to a monument in commemoration of the fallen braves of• ^ sthe 6th Indiana, who fell at the battle of Chicamauga. Unless there have been many changes by cleaning away the timber and brush, ploughing, c.,I could definitely, locate the right of my division, as it stood in the line ofbattle on Sunday, Sept., 20th. But I would suggest that such a monument be erected somewhere in the neighborhood of where the dead once lived inpreference to the ground upon whichthey fell. In the former] case such a monument would serve to educate generations to come, in patriotism, and teach them what sacrifices are required when the liberties of the people are assailed by the adherents of the most wicked and causeless rebellion ever concocted by the malice and machinations of evil men. By all means locate it near the homes of the men rather than build it in the secluded environs of the battlefield., If, however, the latterplace in| preferred, *1 think I could at least.locate one point of my lino on the20th.' B. W. Johnson.St. Paul, Mipn. Npv*.I0tb„ 1881.Sixth Indiana1 Infantry.Since the rebbnt rheeting-of the veterans of both Union and Rebel soldiers t Chattanooga last September, it has been ’published; by severe (veterans that the land marks of the famous and bloody field of Chicknmaugk are fast fading and will soon be obliterated. Inasmuch as Johnson’s division was the centre of Thomas’ iron Wall, which held their same position for thirty-twq hours, and the Sixth Indiana was the keystone of that division,’ having to fight on both sides of their works several times on Sunday, it has been agreed,by all the veterans that the position of the Sixth should be taken as the base point, and should be marked by a permanent foonumejii. A.move*I merit to secure the placing of a stone at * that poibt issnoW in progress. A.meeting of all members of the oldSl^th tliat can attend is cafted to meet atNorth Yerhoh, Nov. mb. / : ' 1; /Tb further this end a meeting of. a|j the mbmbprs pf the Sixth and of other regiments as may wish to attend, Wilt be held in thbcourt,house, Wednesday at 7 p*. m. The cost of the stone will be small and will fopever mark the place Where the first regiment Indiana sent Into the war fought so lpng and Well! and did so much to Save Bose-cran’s army. , ,Col. T^ripp, at North y^rnoh,.^has taken a depp interest in ^he matter Which will guarantee successCourier. . ,
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North Vernon Plain Dealer
North Vernon, Indiana, US
Thu, Nov 17, 1881
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