"
The flowers that yield their beauty and fragrance to grace this scene
will fade and die. Yon radiant sun will set, but not before it has
burned an indelible record upon the young hearts of thousands to whom,
ere long, we must trust this precious spot.
Of the remnant of the once magnificent Army of Tennessee gathered here
it will soon be said,--
"On Fame's eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread."
But the figure of their chieftain will be left to tell the story of a
patriotic purpose long cherished in faithful hearts, at last
accomplished by patient hands.
"Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's blight,
Nor Time's remorseless doom,
Can dim our ray of holy light
That gilds this glorious tomb."
CHAPTER V.
A WOMAN'S RECORD.[5]
(From the _Southern Bivouac_.)
[5] Written in 1883 by Major McDonald, of Louisville, Kentucky,
then editor _Southern Bivouac_.
This record will be found to substantiate in every particular my own
history of the period referred to.
Being inspired by an ardent zeal or a high sense of duty, not a few
noble women during the war arose conspicuous to view.
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