Sumter County GaArchives News.....TO THE CITY OF THE DEAD. December 22 1892
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The Schley County News  

The Schley County News  Thursday, December 22, 1892  No.13

It was a jolly party, that set out last Monday morning for Andersonville, to 
spend the day viewing and studying the grounds where some of he most cruel 
scenes of the war were enacted.
 
The party was as follows:  Misses Lollie Fort and Jamie Wimberly, visiting 
young ladies from Lumpkin,  Misses Pearl Hickey, Lula Murphy, Kate Williams, 
Julia Peacock and Messrs. E.L. Williams, W.E. Cheney, J.H. pearce, J.E. 
Stewart, I.L.Lindsay, E.Wall, J.E. Scarborough and J.C. Trice.
 
We arrive in the little city about noon and after leaving an order at the 
Wesson House for 2 o'clock luncheon, drove out to the national cemetery--a spot 
held sacred in the memory of every Union soldier and on which the government 
has been most lavish in the expenditure of money.
 
The entire grounds are enclosed by a brick wall, six feet high, and as the 
stranger enters the massive iron gates a weird scene opens up in full view.  No 
costly stones denoting wealth or position, but plain marble slabs mark the 
places where countless soldiers sleep.
 
After looking over the grounds, we returned to the hotel, enjoyed a sumtuous 
lunch and started on the homeward journey.



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