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Appropriate Services Mark the Day Set Apart to Keep Sacred the Memory of Our Departed Soldiers ---At 8 o'clock, headed by a squad from Co. D, of Charles City and accompanied by the Relief Corps, the veterans to the stirring music of the life and drum marched to Oak Hill cemetery and paid their tribute of love and honor to their comrades who had gone before. ---The other cemeteries were then visited after which they all returned to the G. A. R. hall where dinner was served. This afternoon at the opera house a memorial address was delivered by Rev. Ewin Ewell, and a program of music and recitations rendered. Following are the names of the dead, who are buried in our cemeteries: Frederick Paul, E20th Wis inf. John Felcher, G27th Iowa inf. E. C. Rathbun, E9th NY cav. John Parish, B7th Iowa inf. John Lacell, B7th Iowa inf. John Harris, G27th Iowa inf. L. Jackson Dowd, G27th Iowa inf. Giles Hall, G27th Iowa inf. Jacob Noble, H4th Iowa cav. James A. Gibson, A1st Cal cav. P. H. Caldwell, 1st Vermont cav. Surrey Bromley, K96th NY inf. Richard L. Bean, C6th Iowa cav. Asa R. Gedding, G44th Ill inf. and A12th Ill cav. Addison Johnson, H8th Ill cav. Alfred J. Johnson, I8th Wis inf. Philander F. May, C41st Wis inf. A. A. Turner, H24th Wis inf. Reme Cherbenau, H16th Wis inf. Thos. S. Bradford, F24th Wis inf. and E14th Wis inf. David Allen, D12th Ill cav. Sylvester Frisby, War 1812 John Kebler Sr., War 1812 Joel Parish, War 1812 John Felcher Sr, War 1812 F. Reubenhagen, D49th Iowa inf. Spanish War BURIED AT GREENWOOD Wm. Tupper, K17th Wis inf. Henry Dodge, H14th Iowa cav. Asa C. Price, R18th Wis inf. Adelbert A. Smith, G1st Wis b art. Wm. Janes, I13th Wis inf. Leander C. Pettit, H4th Iowa cav. Victory A. Fuller, H6th Iowa cav. George W. Biggs, C12th Wis inf. Alex'r F. Merritt, H21st Wis inf. Thos W. Price, G27th Iowa inf. John Emmons, Navy. Wm. E. Hurd, B111th NY inf. Chas. F. Greeley, L8th Ill cav. Wm. Herren, C105th Ill inf. Jonathan Smull, E147th Ill inf. James Walsh, H1st Mich sharp-s. R. D. Spencer, H4th Iowa cav. E. W. Durston, G42nd Wis inf. Oscar Hill, I9th Ill cav. Mike Ernwine, Mexican war. Silas M. Brookins, War 1812. Gird Crapser, D49thIa inf Sp w. BURIED AT BECK CEMETERY Robert Beck, G27th Iowa inf. Chas. Beebe, C67th, C65th NY in Loyd Wardell, E95th Ill inf. David Ripley, War 1812. BURIED AT PEARL ROCK Frank Slawson, K41st Wis inf. (Note: WPA Indicates "Slosson") John H. Brown, C6th Iowa cav. Wm. Bartlett, War 1812 MEMORIAL ODE TO THE UNKNOWN DEAD (By C. M.) Ten thousand of patriot freemen Went forth at the beat of the drum To rescue our dear bleeding country Or fall ere the task was done Ah, well we remember the morning When our brave boys bade us adieu How proudly they marched to the music Arrayed in the National blue Beneath Southern myrtle and roses Sleep many of that patriot band How nobly they fought, but have fallen Far, far from their dear native land In unknown graves they are sleeping Our heroes so brave and so true No stone, no flower for the resting place Of the boys who wore the blue Breath sweet, pathetic, tender strains Fit to the true and brave Whose duty done, and nobly dear Rest in a soldier's unknown grave The so true men should ne'er be forgotten Their mem'ry still cherished will be As long as the flag of the Union Waves over the land of the free |
Contributed by Claudia Groh, Transcribed by Mike Peterson