Rankin County MsArchives News.....Will Gather at Shiloh. March 30, 1903
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The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. March 30, 1903
Famous Men to See Indiana Monument Unveiled.
Jackson, Miss., March 23.--A large assembly will gather on the historic 
battlefield of Shiloh on the 6th and 7th of April to witness the dedication of 
a state monument to the memory of the Indiana regiments who took part in that 
celebrated engagement of the civil war.

The Indiana monument and regimental memorial shafts have been erected at a cost 
of $40,000, the amount being appropriated by the legislature of that state, and 
some of the most distinguished officials, citizens and soldiers of the state 
will be present to participate in the ceremonies.  Memphis will send a large 
delegation, headed by Hon. Josiah Patterson, chairman of the Shiloh park 
commission, and General John B. Gordon, Governor Frazier, of Tennessee, the 
governors of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, and their military staffs, 
General Simon Buckner, of Kentucky; General James B. Longstreet, General Lew 
Wallace, Governor Durbin, of Indiana; Secretary of War Root, United States 
Senators Beveridge and Fairbanks, and many senators and representatives from 
other states will be present. 

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