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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.19 (search)
uminate the field of carnage, save the luster of his chivalry and courage. Nor shall your glory be forgot, While fame her record keeps, Or honor points the hallowed spot Where valor proudly sleeps. Below this, on the block surmounted by the die stone, are the words: Confederate Memorial, 1861-1865, carved in the stone. On the south side of the monument, cross swords in an alcove over the die stone are carved. Beneath them, on the bronze plate, are the words: Tried and True, and below this the bust of General J. J. Dickison, commander of the Florida division of the United Confederate Veterans, now a resident of Ocala, and a military leader during the Civil War. Under this is the name, J. J. Dickison. On the west side are two cannon crossed in the alcove above the die stone, under which are the words, Our Heroes, and on the plate is General R. E. Lee, on horseback, with his drum corps, facing General Jackson, with his drum corps, representing the army of Northern Virginia.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Charles C. Hemming. (search)
881, when he removed to Gainesville, and has since been connected with the Gainesville National Bank as cashier or president. Mr. Hemming is now also president of the Texas State Bankers' Association, and regards Texas as the grandest country in the world. It has been the ambition of Mr. Hemming since the period of his patriotic service to erect a monument to the heroic dead of the Confederacy in the city of his birth. At the State reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, held at Ocala, February 22, 1896, he took his comrades by surprise by announcing that his plans for the erection of the monument had been matured, and that as soon as practicable he would arrange to select a site on which to erect it. This was made known to R. E. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, of Jacksonville, by telegraph the next day. That organization at once held a meeting and formally invited Mr. and Mrs. Hemming to visit Jacksonville as the guests of the Camp. The invitation was accepted, an