Title
Description of Unfinished Bridges' Battery Monument
Description
Excerpt from Chicago Tribune with information on Bridges' Battery Monument.
Source
"Our Dead Heroes," Chicago Tribune, May 30, 1869.
Date
May 30, 1869
Original Format
Newspaper
Text
About 2 o’clock the second train from Chicago brought down the balance of the decorators, consisting of the ladies whose names were given yesterday. The wreaths and crosses were taken out and placed on the graves, the crosses at the heads and the wreaths over the breasts of the silent sleepers. There were in all some 800 dead to be honored. Most of them lay within the few acres near the gate. The roll of infantry muskets, the clash of cavalry swords, and the roar of artillery, were all hushed in the silence of the grave. The infantry lay to the left and the artillery on the hill in front. The different batteries had lots to themselves. Twenty-six of the gallant fellows who one bring morning, not long ago, marched from this city, in Bridge’s Battery, lay around a central monument which was decorated with evergreens, the words “Bridge’s Battery” being prominent in green letters. This monument is not yet finished. The design is elaborate and handsome, and one of these days after an expenditure of $3,000, it will rise in its grand proportions in memory of the sleepers. The name of the occupant was placed temporarily over each grave. To-day the urn will be filled with fragrant flowers and immortelles, the emblem of their undying fame. The other batteries were also attended to.