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" ' Nor shall your glory be forgot, While fame lu-r n- <>nl keeps, r honor points the hallowed spot Where valor proudly slei-ps.' "

Below this, on the block surmounted by the die stone, are the words: "Confederate Memorial, 1861-1865," carved in the stone.

On the south side of the monument, cross swords in an alcove over the die stone are carved. Beneath them, on the bronze plate, are the words: " Tried and True," and below this the bust of General J. J. Dickison, commander of the Florida division of the United Con- federate Veterans, now a resident of Ocala, and a military leader during the Civil War. Under this is the name, "J. J. Dickison."

On the west side are two cannon crossed in the alcove above the die stone, under which are the words, " Our Heroes," and on the plate is General R. E. Lee, on horseback, with his drum corps, fac- ing General Jackson, with his drum corps, representing the army of Northern Virginia.

CHARLES C. HEMMING.

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF.

From the Souvenir Programme of the Unveiling Ceremonies, June 16,

1898, of the Monument to the Confederate Dead, erected at

his Cost at Jacksonville, Fla.

Charles C. Hemming, now of Gainesville, Texas, was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1845. Charlie Hemming, as he was known to all his comrades, enlisted in the Jacksonville Light Infantry, 3d Florida infantry, in January, 1861. He participated in every battle fought by the Western Army, in which Florida troops were engaged, up to the time of his capture, except the battle of Chickamauga, at which time he was at home sick.

He was wounded in the battle of Perry ville, Ky., and captured at Missionary Ridge. He was sent as a prisoner to Nashville, and then sent to Rock Island, 111., arriving there early in December, 1863, which was the beginning of the coldest winter ever known in the Northwest. During the next month the thermometer was at times more than 40 degrees below zero. It was while in this prison that

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