Confederate History Month

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Confederate History Month

This is a Confederate History Month moment for Monday, April 4th!

The Confederate History Month Committee remembers Mrs. Charles J. Williams who was among those responsible for getting Confederate Memorial Day April 26th recognized as a legal holiday in Georgia and other states, and who also led in efforts to mark Confederate graves, erect monuments and hold memorial services. Her husband who served as Colonel of the 1st Georgia Regiment died of disease during the War Between the States.

Mrs. Williams and her daughter visited his grave often and cleared the weeds, leaves and twigs from it, then placed flowers on it. Her daughter also pulled the weeds from other Confederate graves near her father.

It saddened the little girl that their graves were unmarked. With tears of pride she said to her mother, "These are my soldiers' graves." The daughter soon became ill and passed away in her childhood. Mrs. William's grief was almost unbearable.

On a visit to the graves of her husband and daughter, Mrs. Williams looked at the unkept soldiers' graves and remembered her daughter as she cleaned the graves and what the little girl had said.

Mrs. Williams wrote a letter that was published in many newspapers asking the women of the South to establish organizations to care for the thousands of Confederate graves from the Potomac River to the Rio Grande. She also asked the state legislatures to set aside a day in April to remember the men who wore the gray. With her leadership April 26 was officially adopted in many states. She died in 1874, but not before her native state of Georgia adopted it as a legal holiday that’s still recognized today.

Confederate Memorial Day is also recognized in May and June in some states.

Learn more and be a part of Confederate History Month by visiting the Confederate History Month web page for the Sons of Confederate Veterans at: http://confederateheritagemonth.com or call 770 330 9792 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 770 330 9792 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

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