Title
Description of Dedication of Battery A - Chicago Light Artillery Monument
Description
Excerpt from Chicago Tribune with information on Battery A - Chicago Light Artillery Monument.
Source
"Decoration Day," Chicago Tribune, May 31, 1874.
Date
May 31, 1874
Original Format
Newspaper
Text
COMPANY “A.”
After appropriate music by the band, the conductors of the exercises moved toward the beautiful monument, finished a week ago, which has been erected to the memory of “Company A,” and which the Rev. Dr. Ryder proceeded to dedicate. The monument is a solid sandstone, hexagonal structure, consisting of a draped field-piece surmounting an exceedingly solid base, bearing the names of the members of the company, as follows…
In his opening remarks, the Rev. Dr. Ryder stated that the company, the deceased members of which the monument was intended to commemorate, embraced the first soldiers who left Chicago to take part in the War of the Rebellion. The company was formed by Capt. James Smith, and left for the front on the 21st of April, 1861. In the will of the late Capt. Smith, a bequest of $2,000 was made for the purpose of erecting the monument. After making these remarks, Dr. Ryder made a dedicatory prayer.
This closed the services at Rosehill.
After appropriate music by the band, the conductors of the exercises moved toward the beautiful monument, finished a week ago, which has been erected to the memory of “Company A,” and which the Rev. Dr. Ryder proceeded to dedicate. The monument is a solid sandstone, hexagonal structure, consisting of a draped field-piece surmounting an exceedingly solid base, bearing the names of the members of the company, as follows…
In his opening remarks, the Rev. Dr. Ryder stated that the company, the deceased members of which the monument was intended to commemorate, embraced the first soldiers who left Chicago to take part in the War of the Rebellion. The company was formed by Capt. James Smith, and left for the front on the 21st of April, 1861. In the will of the late Capt. Smith, a bequest of $2,000 was made for the purpose of erecting the monument. After making these remarks, Dr. Ryder made a dedicatory prayer.
This closed the services at Rosehill.