This amount raised our fund to $7,023.10. The 12th of April, 1892, was appointed as the day for laying the cornerstone. Then came October 18, 1893, the greatest day in the history of Orangeburg, the day on which was unveiled the handsome monument erected by the women of Orangeburg to commemorate for all time the patriotism and deeds of those dear departed ones who gave up their lives in the great struggle of the Confederate war. The day was almost faultless. The crowd was large and enthusiastic. Dear old General Hampton was too unwell to be orator of the day. Colonel Armstrong, after reading a letter from General Hampton, made the address of the day. The following are the young ladies who unveiled the statue: Misses Lottie Chisolm, Rowesville; Mable Dantzler, Providence; Annie Dantzler, Orangeburg; Lizzie Livingston, Elloree; Henrietta Hydrick, Pen Branch; Pearl V. Dantzler, Vances; Beulah Grambling, Middle Pen; Mamie Shuler, St. Matthews; Julia Knotts, Knotts Mill; May Culler, Limestone; Hattie Beckwith, Middle St. Matthews; Addie Ownes, Willow and Liberty; Lila Connor, Zion; Mary Easterling, Willow Swamp. At the regular annual meeting of the Orangeburg County Monument Association on October 2d, the Recording Secretary desired that some plan for preserving the roll of the Confederate dead be made. Accordingly, the following resolution was passed: "That of the balance of cash left in the treasury after the erection of the monument, $100 be kept on interest as a reserve fund for perpetual care of the monument and the grounds, and the remainder be used to secure a tablet with the names inscribed thereon." This tablet has since been placed in the walls of the courthouse, with almost five hundred names of our noble dead engraved on it. By Titles. A Confederate Girl's Diary (Columbia, Charlotte, N. C., Greensboro, N. C., Richmond, Va., Chester, Newberry) A Sketch of Life During the War Between the States A South Carolina Girl's Recollections of the First Year of the War A Southern Household During the Years 1860 to 1865 (Columbia) Bethany Hospital and Soldiers' Aid Association, Edgefield County (Bouknights Ferry) .... Burning of Columbia (Columbia) .... Coast Women in the War (St. Helenaville and Beaufort) Experiences During the Civil War (Columbia) History of the Orangeburg County Monument Association (Orange- In the Track of the Raiders (Richmond, Va., and Columbia) .... 272 232 26 168 195 336 67 261 175 247 386 356 372 and Pickens Counties) 181 Ladies' Association in Aid of Volunteer Soldiers (Charleston) Personal Experiences with Sherman's Army at Liberty Hill (Liberty Recollections of the Burning of Columbia (Columbia) 254 335 The Burning of the Ursuline Convent by Sherman (Columbia and The Last Bazar (Columbia) The Response to the Negroes' Call (Lexington County) The Sack of Columbia (Columbia) The Trials of a Confederate Officer's Wife in 1864 (Oxford, Ga., Kalmia, Charleston, Spartanburg) 235 Woman's Work at Grahamville (Grahamville) Woman's Work at Hopewell and Mars Bluff (Hopewell, Mars Bluff) Woman's Work at Marion (Marion) .. Woman's Work at Marlboro (Marlboro) Woman's Work at Pendleton (Pendleton) Woman's Work at Union (Union) 34 64 28 58 63 30 30 35 31 54 55 By Localities. [Only those localities are mentioned which were the scenes of important events or actions during the war or reconstruction period, or from which contributions were made to Confederate soldiers.] |