{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "Stpultur^\\n4\\n[n\\\\ot ^mtxnl Mni\\\\nmtl mntm,\\n\u00c2\u00abnd ff\\nN: 1\\nIm: 1\\n?0unt ^|asimir\\n|ukski,\\nH\\n^^\\\\t%\\ni. ^mti, |b. t%%", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "^p\\nSepulture", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "U-\\n.Sf-^Tc", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "THE SEPULTURE\\nOF\\nMajor Gen. Nathanael Greene,\\nAND OP\\nBrig. Gen. Count Casimir Pulaski.\\nI. On the 20th of April, 1786,\\nGreneral Nathanael Greene was in-\\nterred, with all the pomp and cir-\\nmmstance at command, in the old\\ncemetery in Savannah. After a\\nshort and violent illness he had\\ndied at his plantation on the Savan-\\nnah river, a few miles above Savan-\\nnah, and his body was transported\\nby water to that town for sepul-\\nture. As the boat conveying his\\nremains neared the wharf, and until\\nhis coffin was deposited in the\\ntomb, minute guns were discharged\\nfrom Fort Wayne. The ships in\\nport displayed their colors at half-\\nmast. All the shops were closed;\\nand the inhabitants, susjiending\\ntheir customary avocations, united\\nin testifying universal sorrow at the\\ndeath of one who, among the Gen-\\nerals of the Revolution, occupied in\\nthe public esteem a place second\\nonly to that conceded to Washing-", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "ton. The procession, then formed,\\nconsisted of\\nThe Chatham Artillery:\\nThe Light Infantry:\\nThe Militia of Chatham County:\\nClergymen and Physicians:\\nA Band of Music:\\nThe corpse and pall-bearers, es-\\ncorted on each side by a company of\\ndragoons:\\nThe chief mourners:\\nThe members of the Order of Cin-\\ncinnatus:\\nThe Speaker of the House of As-\\nsembly and other civil officers of the\\nState; and lastly, of citizens and\\nstrangers.\\nMeeting the corpse with its im-\\nmediate attendants at the land-\\ning, the funeral cortege, about\\n5 o clock in the afternoon, took\\nup the line of march for\\nthe cemetery, the band playing the\\nDead March in Saul, and the artillery\\nfiring minute guns as it advanced.\\nWhen the graveyai d was reached\\nthe military formed on the right and\\nleft, and rested on reversed arms. In\\nthe absence of an Episcopal clei-gy-\\nman, the funeral service of the\\nChurch of England was read by the\\nHonorable William Stephens, and\\nthe corjjse deposited in a vault. The\\nceremony was terminated by a sa-\\nlute of thirteen guns from the artil-\\nlery, and three volleys from the in-\\nfantry. In the language of an eye-\\nwitness of this impressive rite, the\\nwhole was conducted with a solem-\\nnity suitable to the occasion.\\nContemporaneous accounts do not", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "specify the precise vault in which\\nthe coffin of General Greene was\\nlodged.\\nIt will be remembered that in\\nconsideration of his distinguished\\nservices during the war of the Revo-\\nlution, and as an acknowledgment\\nof the gratitude entertained by the\\npeople of Georgia for his conduct\\nwhile in command of the Southern\\nDepartment, and especially for his\\ngood offices in detaching General\\nWayne to expel the King s forces\\nfrom the limits of the State, the\\nGeneral Assembly adopted the fol-\\nlowing preamble and resolutions;\\nWhereas, the Honorable Major\\nGeneral Greene hath, since his\\ntaking the command of the South-\\nern Army, rendered high and im-\\nportant services to the Southern\\nStates, by wresting them from the\\nhand of British oppression, and es-\\ntablishing the foundation of their\\nindependence and prosperity:\\nAnd, whereas, services so glo-\\nrious and honorable to the Uni-\\nted States in genei al, and this\\nState in particular services which\\nat once characterize the able and ju-\\ndicious General as well as the in-\\ntrepid asserter of American freedom\\ncall for the distinguished approba-\\ntion of the Legislature of this State\\nBe it therefore resolved That the\\nsura of five thousand gviineas be\\ngranted to three commissioners, to\\nbe appointed by the House, for the\\npurpose of purchasing an estate for\\nMajor-General Nathanael Greene in", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "6\\nsuch part or parts of the State as he\\nshall appoint.\\nResolved; That the said commis-\\nsioners be empowered and aiitlior-\\nized to draw on, and receive the said\\nsum of five thousand guineas from,\\nthe public treasury of the State.\\nThese resolutions were carried in-\\nto efteet by the commissioners ap-\\npointed for that purpose, who in due\\ncourse reported that they had, upon\\nthe sale of confiscated estates, pui\\nchased for General Greene, at a cost\\nof \u00c2\u00a37,097 19s., Mulberry Grove\\nplantation, containing two thousand\\none hundred and seventy-one acres,\\nlate the property of John Grahame,\\nroyal Lieutenant Governor of the\\nProvince of Georgia.\\nSo soon as his public duties per-\\nmitted, and his family could be con-\\nveniently removed from Rhode\\nIsland, General Greene here fixed his\\nhome and gave to the cultivation of\\nthese lands his earnest and intelli-\\ngent attention. In happy mood did\\nhe, at this time, write to his friends\\nof the interest he took in his\\nagricultural operations, of the attrac-\\ntions of his new abode, of its gardens,\\nits flowers and forests, of the mock-\\ning birds from morning until even-\\ning filling the air with sweetest mel-\\nody, of the balmy atmosphere, and\\nof the hospitable attentions of his\\nneighbors.\\nLieutenant-Governor Grahame had\\nbuilded a family vault in the Savan-\\nnah cemetery and, by many, this\\npossession was regarded as appur-", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "tenant to Mulberry Grove planta-\\ntion.\\nWhile the proof is not conclusive,\\nthe tradition lives and is generally\\naccepted that upon the conclusion of\\nthe funeral services of the 20th of\\nApril, 1786, the coffin of General\\nGreene was deposited in the\\nGrahame vault, which was sub-\\nstantially constructed of brick.\\nThat coffin, of wood, strongly\\nmade, was sv;rmounted by a metal\\nplate whereon were engraven the\\nname, rank, data of birth, and time\\nof death of the Revolutionary hero.\\nHere ail that was mortal of this\\nfriend of Washington was supposed\\nto be resting in undisturbed repose.\\nAnxious to testify by an enduring\\nmonument their respect for the\\nmemory alike of General Greene and\\nof Count Pulaski, the citizens of Sa-\\nvannah, early in the present century,\\nendeavored to raise a fund sufficient\\nfor that purpose. In 1820 a commit-\\ntee was empowered by the Mayor\\nand Aldermen of the town to search\\nfor and locate the remains\\nof General Greene, with a\\nview to placing them beneath\\nthat monument when the necessary\\narrangements for its erection should\\nhave been completed. That com-\\nmittee failed to tind any trace of the\\ncoffin of that famous General. All\\ninquiries instituted by its members\\nin explanation of the cause of its dis-\\nappearance remained unsatisfied.\\nDeeming the visit of General La-\\nfayette most opportune for con-\\nsummating a purpose long delayed.", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "the citizens of Savanuah invoked his\\nservices in laying the corner stones\\nof two monuments one in memory\\nof (xcneral Greene and the other in\\n\\\\y honor of Count Pulaski. On the 21st\\nof March, 1825, with appropriate\\nceremonies and patriotic addresses,\\nthe Marquis laid, in Johnson\\nsquare, the corner stone of a\\nmonument to be erected in perpetu-\\nation of the memory of General\\nGreene, and another in Chijipewa\\nsqiiare to designate the spot upon\\nwhich a shaft should lift its enduring\\nhead in honor of Count Pulaski.\\nThe former bore this inscription:\\nThis corner-stone of a monument\\nto the memory of Maj. Gen. Nathan-\\nael Greene was laid by General\\nLafayette, at the request of the citi-\\nzens of Savannah, on the 21st of\\nMarch, A. D. 1825. The latter\\nwas inscribed as follows: On the\\n21st day of March, A. D. 1825, was\\nlaid by General Lafayette, at the re-\\nquest of the citizens of Savannah,\\ntiiis Foundation Stone of a monu-\\nment to the memorv of Brigadier\\nCount Pulaski.\\nThe effort to collect funds for the\\nerection of mortuaiy shafts is often\\naccompanied by perplexing delays\\nand disappointments. To facilitate\\nthe matter in the present insta-ce,\\nthe General Assembly of Georgia, on\\non the 30th of November, 1826, pass-\\ned an act empowering certain com-\\nmissioners to raise by lottery the sum\\nof thirty-tive thousand dollars for\\nthe purpose of aiding the erection of\\nmonuments to the memory of Gen-", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "9\\neral Greene and of Count Pulaski in\\nthe city of Savannah the place al-\\nI eady consecrated by the blood of\\nthe one and the ashes of the other.\\ni^boiit twelve years after the\\nlaying of the corner stones\\nby General Lafayette, suffi-\\ncient moneys having been realized\\nto defray the cost of its construction,\\nthe monument now standing in\\nJohnson square was builded in hon-\\nor both of General Greene and of\\nCount Pulaski, and continued to be\\nknown as the Greene and Pulaski\\nmonument until, in 1853, the corner\\nstone was laid in Monterey square\\nof a monument in honor of Count\\nPulaski. From that time to the\\npresent day the simple structure in\\nJohnson square has remained conse-\\ncrate to the memorv of Gen. Greene\\nalone.\\nThe corner stone laid by General\\nLafayette in 1825, in Chippewa\\nsquare, of the monument intended\\nto commemorate on that spot\\nthe virtues and the devotion\\nof the gallant Pole, was removed\\nand united to the Greene corner stone\\nin Johnson square when the present\\nshaft was there constructed in joint\\nmemory of Greene and Pulaski. In\\n1853, howevei*, this Pulaski corner\\nstone was detached from the Greene\\nand Pulaski monumen: in Johnson\\nsquare, and was placed, with impos-\\ning ceremonies, in association with\\nanother corner stone beneath the\\nbeautiful mortuary structure which\\nnow, in Mouterc)- square, by its pres-\\nence embodies the gratitute of sue-", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "10\\nceeding generations and enkindles a\\ngenerous emulation of tliat disinter-\\nested devotion to, and love of, free-\\ndom and right which glowed in the\\nbreast and marked the career of\\nPulaski.\\nIt has been suggested that the\\nsearch for the remains of General\\nGreene, instituted by the committee\\nappointed for that purpose, was not\\nthorough. Judge Johnson, when\\nwriting in 1820, intimated that a\\nmore careful inquiry might have ac-\\ncomplished more satisfactory re-\\nsults, and hinted that the coffin\\nmight have been removed from the\\nGrahame vavilt to that of the Jones\\nfamily.\\nThere is another explanation of\\nthe disappearance of the remains of\\nGeneral Greene. It rests upon\\ntradition and is not devoid of prob-\\nability. The Grahames, who adher-\\ned to the cause of their King, and\\nwho departed from Georgia\\nwhen the British troops were\\nwithdrawn, were necessarily in-\\ncensed at the loss of their es-\\ntates, and the confiscation of their\\nproperty by the successful Revolu-\\ntionists. Their personal misfortunes\\nintensified the hatred which, as loyal\\nsubjects, they entertained towards\\nthose who had been instrumental in\\ncompassing the overthrow of Kingly\\nrule in Georgia. The thought that\\na rebel Major General should lie en-\\ntombed in their vault was revolting\\nand harrowing to their feelings. It\\nis believed that some member of\\nthat family caused a secret removal", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "11\\nof the remains of General Greene\\nfrom that vault, and their reinter-\\nment in an unmai-ked grave. After\\nthe lapse of so many years it is en-\\ntirely probable that their present\\nresting place will never be discover-\\ned.\\nII While the assault, launched\\nby the combined armies of Count\\nd Estaing and Gen. Lincoln against\\nthe British lines around Savannah\\non the morning of the 9th of Octo-\\nber, 1779, was raging, Count Pu-\\nlaski, with the approval of the Amer-\\nican commander, attempted, at the\\nhead of some 200 cavalrymen, to\\nforce a passage between the ene-\\nmy s works. His purpose was to\\npenetrate within the town, pass in\\nrear of the hostile lines, and carry\\nconfusion and havoc into the Eng-\\nlish camp. In the execution of this\\ndesign he advanced at full speed un-\\ntil arrested by the abattis. Here his\\ncommand encountered ah avy cross-\\ntire from the batteries, which threw\\nit into confusion. The Count him-\\nself was unhorsed by a can-\\nister shot which, penetrating\\nhis right thigh, inHicted a\\nmortal wound. He was borne\\nfrom the bloody field, and, after the\\nconiiict was over, was conveyed on\\nboard the United States brig Wasjj\\nto go round to Chai lestown. He was\\nso terribly wounded that he could not\\nwithdraw with the American forces\\nunder Lincoln. Delayed by head-\\nwinds, the ship I emained several days\\nin Savannah River. During this time\\nhe was attended by skillful surgeons\\nLcf", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "12\\nfrom the French fleet. It was found\\nimpossible to establish suppura-\\ntion, and gangrene supervened.\\nAs the Wasj^ was leaving\\nthe river on her wav to Charles-\\ntown, Pulaski breathed his last.\\nHis corpse became so offensive that\\nColonel Bentalou, his ollicer in at-\\ntendance, was compelled, though\\nreluctantly, to consign to a watery\\ngrave all that was now left upon\\nearth of his beloved and honored\\ncommander.\\nSuch, in a word, is a statement of\\nthe death and burial of this dashing\\nofficer who, unable to win the inde-\\nprudence of his own country, lost\\nhis life in the brave effoi t to achieve\\nthe liberties of the American col-\\nonies.\\nWe have already alluded to the\\nearly efforts made in Savannah to do\\nhonor to his memory. They culmi-\\nnated at first in the erection of the\\njoint monument to General Greene\\nand himself in Johnson square.\\nSubsequently, the corner-stone of the\\nnew monument in Monterey square\\nwas laid; and, in December of the\\nfollowing year, the admirable mem-\\norial sti ucture, designed and erected\\nby Launit/, was completed. Early\\nin January, 1855, it was committed\\nto the keeping of the Mayor and\\nAldermen of Savannah as a part of\\nthe public property of the city.\\nBeneath this monument were de-\\nposited human remains exhumed\\nat Greenwich, on Augustine creek\\nwhich were represented to be those\\nof Count Pulaski. Accompanying", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "13\\nthe published account of the cere-\\nmonies observed upon laying\\nthe corner-stone, and also upon\\nthe dedication of the Pulaski\\nmonument, is a statement by\\nColonel Bowen of the circumstances,\\ntraditions, and arguments which led\\nhim to believe that the slieleton, re-\\nmoved from Greenwich and interred\\nbeneath the monument, was indeed\\nthat of Count Pulaski. Curious as\\nthe narrative is, there can be no\\ndoubt but that the bones unearthed\\non the bluff of Augustine creek were\\nthose of some unknown individual,\\nand not of the Polish cavalry leader.\\nHe did not die at Greenwich, and\\nwas not there interred. He sleeps\\nwhere the ebbing tide of the Savan-\\nnah meets and commingles with\\nthe waters of the broad Atlantic.\\nFit resting place for a hero of such\\nexpansive soul He sleeps where the\\npraises in honor of his great deeds,\\nsung by the waves of the Savannah\\na^ they kiss the shoi e consecrated\\nby his valorous deeds, are caught up\\nby the billows of ocean and are by\\nthem joyfully repeated in wider\\ncircles, in more heroic strains. He\\nsleeps where the ambient air, fra-\\ngrant with the perfumes of a land\\nwhose freedom he died to achieve,\\ntells to Atlantic breezes the story of\\nhis martyrdom that they too, in glad\\nacclaim, may answer back to the\\nfarthest coast the greatness of his\\nfame. By a strange coincidence the\\nbeloved of Mars rests in the embrace\\nof Neptune.\\nHI. It thus appears that neither of", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14\\nthese famous Generals sleeps beneath\\nthe respective monuments which a\\ngrateful and a patriotic people have\\nreared in their honor.\\nAugusta, Ga., August 26, 1886.", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n011 699 263 2\\nHoIIinger\\npH 8.5\\nMUl Run F03-2193", "height": "2973", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "sepultureofmajor00jone_0024.jp2"}}