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Memorial to be dedicated to Confederate soldier SundayJohn LeonardUzzell was buriedin a BethaltocemeteryBy ANDE YAKSTISTelegraph staff writerBETHALTO - A marble military memorial will be dedicated Sunday to Confederate Civil War soldier John Leonard Uzzell 129 years after he was buried in a Bethalto Cemetery.The military stone marker will be dedicated in a public ceremony at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church Cemetery on West Corbin Street in Bethalto.Police BriefsMan faces prostitution,drug chargesALTON— A man was charged Eriday with pandering for allegedly attempting toEveryone is invited to attend the ceremony for the memorial to a soldier whoseBethalto family had a major role in Civil War history, Frank Graser of Bethalto said.Members of the CivicMemorial High School band will play a Civil War tune for the ceremony to mark the grave of the lone Confederate soldier buried in the Bethaltocemetery.History lovers Ed Gerling of Highland, Bill Scoggins and Graser revived the memorv ofLeonard Uzzell, who is buried down the row of the cemetery from his brother, Sgt George Uzzell, a Union soldier.“It’s an amazing story about how' a Confederate soldier was reunited with his brother, a Union soldier, in a Confederate prisoner of war camp in Texas,” Graser saidGeorge Uzzell, a soldier in Company E of the 130th Illinois Infantry, was captured and locked in a prison where his brother, Leonard, was a guardThe brothers were reunitedand came to Bethalto to live after the Civil War.44Leonard died seven years after the Civil War and wasburied in the same cemetery with his brother in Bethalto,” Graser said.Leonard Uzzell was buried for 129 years under an obscure, deteriorated stone with the faded letters of hisname. When the grave was rediscovered, Gerling, Scoggins and Graser asked the U.S. government for a military stone for the Civil War veteranBethalto Mayor SteveBryant will lead an array of dignitaries at the dedica-STEVE BOB’S6120 Godfrey Rd./0437\tion of the new military marker at Uzzell’s grave Sunday.Members of the Maj. Gen. Bushrod Johnson Camp No 1718, a Confederate reenactment group, will fire a salutewith Civil War era rifles over the grave of Uzzell.Two musicians from theCivic Memorial High School band will play taps to pay tribute to the fallen soldier, Graser saidChallenge Of1The Bluffs Run'1 * ,i, i»,■ », V*. • .COURSES AND DISTANCES: 5-mile run up to the top of the MississippiRiver bluffs and back Start at Broadway and Alby Street and finish at Williamand 4th Street The route is hilly and scenic The two-mile, non-competitiveI walk is up to Riverview Park and back on the 5-mile course Unofficial runnerswill not be allowed to enter the finish chuteALL PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE: Long sleeve t-shirts (No t-shirts will bemailed.) A ‘goody bag provided by area vendorsENTRY FEES: $15.00 postmarked prior to October 2nd (No entry feeswaived ) $20 00 late fee after October 2nd and on race day NO REFUNDSREGISTRATION: 7 30-8 30 am. Saturday, October 7th at 100 E Broadway,AltonAGE DIVISIONS I AWARDS: Male and Female 19 and under. 20-29 30-3940-49 50-59 60-69. 70 and over First Male and Female overall, first mastermale and female over 40 Walkers 1st 2nd and 3rd overallDATE AND TIMES: Saturday, October 7, 2000 • 5-mile run starts at 9 00 a m ; Walk starts at 9 15 a m
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Sat, Sep 30, 2000
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