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Show jSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK tEt of the Commission Tells of Plans for Beautifying (llt of Famous Siege, Cost of Work, Time Required, Etc.-" 'Jl(l, That When Completed Park Will Surpass in Interest i Attractiveness the Park at Chickamauga. , ,i , In Salt 1 WCCit MBS ! .i gtnoral 1 l of the ( hl- ,v 1 ill mllwa) h Ctlltllccted 1 I) ho his represented " r TJir.ni: 1 , ,(j t inn of tho I n h ltks-' ltks-' ., 1 k i ominls- II rs being il s-dppl nnd kf I iwu 'I In BO im moriible t fc iitrh extended 111- nml weie t ill funis. ir endertd, i I by (len in i mil entry Into , i i n Ie ni lie (III I HOOpS, die oim Con-, Con-, I nked llllil. ,ro,s ; il)ll US Hint of tho Mtinl ofn- wli tool, pint niiliin who ' " I 1 I lit Vol- ' 1 tin 111 thu t lii. ind brll- i ltd tho n mien i MePherson , In I Jlreul o , i who later , 111 Ml nn miitio I 'J VJil thui It hnp-V hnp-V nf lcrute im m- (ii the stars t , Hip numbers , t I nniy lii-lil tin- y minor i it Ions tcspoc- I I -ml pi in A (.III VT WOHK i -t nl r nnillllislon Is i Ui 's most nf lils iiu r lii. inn per- It I or iniisrnrnilng m' i uh Iiu stretch- , "i unl rv Intel spirscd ill n I biinus Into K Willi is nf well-kept i 1 I li ir icidnmlztd o-r 111 ntel ultli grass- c II pirdius nnd i jr I stiituniy. ui i n u member n r It was llrst It ll ll kipt 111 l lose i ill th i li lit on dom In ' l I c jri Inn out t' n Onlv those "i . h l il 1 II Id In ( I- i v ill mnilltlnn, ir r' i i realize wlnt vt i ii il1 c mmlssliiniia il ur Urt ink tn re. ul!f :' I in slretch j i nml v.llibrinss. UPA'S rilli K M UTOA. i 'Uc of The Tribune, who HI 1 nit on the sub-(U sub-(U B 1 In the ill), ob-: ob-: ' inf I 'ting Infill- ' n, ii i 'A which has "'' i i mil Unit i lone Il will be i t f'i i'i plans of Hit I im In Huh ' ir oinplplttl t I 1 ir Hi M, 1,H- I irns In III- 'hit it Chlik- i"'"i i x urns 1 '-cit 'Hint ' ' me inturul i in lutnnu- Hii iiiipusid in mm - Inter- "H i Milt but- '. I' il lit I limed i lllltlg letit- i i iinIM " ' 'in he Niillon- ' o the War- .'. " V the time ,,. ' iiu- warhol 'V ,u . of w, h 1 I 'he nilllle 11,1, . ' '" ' lertrl- ' ' li c ml One , ' ' Unnnn nH I ii a i-uiiele.l ' rVn nf lit '' i ' J'l nml will r ' I ii 111 'J he ol i, wlihh will be Mil,, l.,wrln or l'Vhw vMI l "'"" "i the oil"? lino of hrealwork throw,, p b. h, IViIle,l"UJ' "nrt "'" "' '-,ut '"riiTr. links vi:m: ri.rwn ol'l.h?'n,ll!,t'"uii"1" V" p"r"" "h V.. !...? .. . " "UrT',r'p '"" lIIOM ni.i ,1.' ti,l ! rnl,a," 4 ' r"f th" 'nT "V u,,"1 lh" l"rk Hint tottmil t,H tins, r ii,n PR tll(, h li Me apart. An I now remimbei the iIIMiinee bflw.en Hiein nt no p Im d-ifeiled d-ifeiled twt, mile, nml In fom. pin. is the lines wire rllnwi in) cm.. t.,K. il," er T he HeKe of Irksburtt wn one f the Brent miiipnluns or the wr 'Ihe city inillulauil July 4, iM on Knnie .lay that the llrte of battle m tlctljsliuiK tumeil In f nor nf the Union nrms. The orelcrnij wns unable lu siinlie wri lnnB ihsP erushlng re-ersiH-the full ?f Vltksburir am! the ilefcut nt O. ItjshnrK Coining on Ihe name iln, as they 01 1, they were well riilnilaK.I t rnli-e the ,ni a of the JjoiihtTii hiulirs In Ihe same degree that the feelings nf th,. Southern Icnil-ers Icnil-ers win. dtpusMii m nilmliHhl-wh In which the shut was cnmlueteii nml th. Ilnnl iiiuonilltlonnl luinmln of I'i inherton's army romlmul l'leslrlent I.li'inln that flen nrant was a. great nilhtuij Knltis, nml It wns not mnnj months after the fall nf Vlfksliiirir that f.rant wns transfnip.1 to the 1'iui ant plntci lu coinmnntl nf the im of tin l'otomrie .Mtogethrr the Union Hoops at Mikshuri; nuinbeied not far fiom .oOOn men, while the fnices under Ii in-Inrtoii in-Inrtoii In the beglnnlnir were about 30.-000 30.-000 men. 1 ho lmrtnllty nmoni; the Con-fedirntes Con-fedirntes toward the end of the slego wns snmelhlng terrible and my recollection recol-lection now Is Hint Pemberton eurren-dered eurren-dered less than M000 men nnn;.NDs i'iimiiiikton's action "I lno always difimkd I'enibertnn s notion In UBreelnir tn sunender He has been ultkl'ctl by msny persons nnd imsured bj some of his crltles for tnklnir that step but It wns n wlso ns will ns n Immune thing for him to do. If he hnd pot agreed tliut morning to the til ins offered him our troops would liac untie a drsiernte ussnult Inter In the (liy, upon the clt's defensis, und we would hne gone Into the clt If such a thing hnd been poislble i:iry 0110 wns worn out with Ihe long waiting wait-ing nnd watching nnd Ihe Union foiccB weie pictured to make a heiolc attempt to breik through the lebel lines, UndouliUdly the attack would hue been met with the miiit determined deter-mined leslstanie ami the frarrhlie nf human life wnuld Ime been sickening to (ontemplate All the Union olllcers and nnn of the prlinte soldiers Knew that If the rebels did not ngree to surrender sur-render on the morning of that inimora-ble inimora-ble fourth of ,Tul the order to ntlnck tlin city's defenses would be gliin, and I nrnll luiir forget Ihe iheers that llllid the nlr when Ihe word wns pnssid along Ihe lines that the lebels would surrender. It wa- for us n happy tnd-Ing tnd-Ing of a most Irjlng experience. 1'L.ANR Of COMMISSION. "Tlie agitation of the inoieincnt to creite a Nntlonul Mllllary palk nt Vkksbuig bigiin In 1S53. Among the lendcis In tho moiemcnt weie Oen. rnlrihlM nnd e-tio. Hnird of Wis-contln: Wis-contln: dipt. W S lUkby of Iowa and I'nl. Wilker of Indiana lepreseutlng the Union side and Hen. Stephen P I ie n Mississippi and Oen, nui;lian of Tennest.ee, ripiescntlng the Confeder-nles, Confeder-nles, As soon ns the nnttir wns pre-Kenletl pre-Kenletl to Congress Hint bod rromptlj uiatle an appropilntlon ami nuthorled the fnrmatlim of n commission. Hen I.eo wtb the first piesldent nf the enm-inlsslon, enm-inlsslon, but the dutlts nf the position soon uintrtl tot, exnetiug for him and he ietlr.il In rexor of dipt Itlghj. under un-der whose cpable mniuiBement nml Intelligent In-telligent dim Him most of the work has been done Tho park contains about 1"00 ncres nnd this Hnd was puiilmsed nt n it-rj riason ible llgiue Thenmount in, fm npprnprlitul b Congriss for the .urcliio of the land and making the Iniprmeinents Is nbout JVIO.OOO, but the sum of Jl.'iOO.nort will be ieu.ulic.1 to lomplrte the woik In nil Us deinlls It Is safe to y.y lint nil Ihe inonej muled M ill be fni Dimming, us the in,ioed I111-( I111-( pioMment nulls with the cordial In-I In-I dni foment nf nil the siirllngsoldleis I K01II1 nnd Houth, nnd Is not upjmscd In I nny qunrlci." |
