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PRINCETON, INDIANA,ackstatei, has ■ de-t theighated a sell*tianigingmettight.lint-ave-8.ningiom-gas.oon-date*ov-me-wedPe-hingfhenTOSShas 3,000 on a[ oiljtion it to theliled pay of a agesthatthebe-pos-raisowithang-ien-byemiy,tried , the her i thetballwent’herecceptmen3k anaketwo.rase©shes./esh-i thether.andssion*wereWILDER MONUMENT.Elegant Shaft Was Dedicated at Chickamauga Wednesday,Marks Spot Where Brigade Made E^riUiant Charge—Thousands Witness Ceremonies—Address by Gen. Wilder.Special Correspondence Clarion.Chattanooga, Sept. 21.—The 113 Indiana monuments and the Wilder brigade monument, at Chickamanga park were dedicated Wednesday with impressive ceremonies in the presence of 10,000 people, including about 4,000 old soldiers of Indiana and Illinois.The ceremonies began with the dedication of the Indiana monuments and markers. These represent an expenditure of about $80,000 by the state of Indiana. Gov. Monnt delivered the address, formally turning the monuments over to the government. Gen. J. R. Carnahan, a member of the Indiana park commission also made an address. The monuments were received with an appropriate speech by Gen, H. V. Boynton, in behalf of the secretary of war.Following these exercises the Wilder brigade tower was dedicated. This monument commemorates many heroic deeds. Severely plain, butWILDER MONUMENT?dicalCBoiBnON SITE OF HEROIC DEEDS, aipeu-easesir so-uhall?8 re-Rem-tee on mtly, Heat, Bite, ase of J. H.Sickdgett.conveying an impression of strength,it stands on the site of Gen. Rose-crans’ headquarters where the brigade made its last and most brilliant charge of the battle of Chickamauga, driving back a force far superior to its own and saving an entire corps which was retreating in disorder. This was on the third day of the battle, after the men had seen two days of hard service.The feature of the dedication exercises naturally was the presence of General Wilder himself. It is exceptional on such occasions to have the story told by the man, who, from the fact that he was in command, is best acquainted with the details. Gen. Wilder recounted the events of those three days modestly and yet sueceded in giving a vivid picture of all that happened. The brigade played a most important part in one of the greatest and hardest-fought battles of the war and the men well deservedthe tribute given them by their commanding officer.The Wilder brigade monument, a good representation of which is given above, is constructed of limestonequarried from the hills in the vicinityof the park. It represents an expenditure of about $18,000 by the members cf Wilder’s brigade, among whom Gen. Wilder was the mopfc liberal contributor. It is seventy-five feet high and is an emoattled circular tower resting on a square base, twenty feet in dimension. A spiral stairway on the inside leads to the top from which a fine view of the park is obtained.A remarkable feature of the dedication exercises was the speech of Col.Tomlinson Fort, of Chattanooga, which was the first ever delivered by a confederate veteran on Chattanooga battlefield at the dedication of a monument to union soldiers of the civil war. N. B. Forest Camp, Confederate Veterans, was present, cladin uniforms of gray.sFOR SALE OR TRADE.alSOIPnuifroFwitOhiNKylt;ligfcTShethetheA De\ the havRdaiiimpThuIndM ven Wil cun pre,TtraiWilEn|inginjufledItrail:ferncloyOrelandgoomg,andandd31lt;iiS3g
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Princeton Clarion Leader
Princeton, Indiana, US
Fri, Sep 22, 1899
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