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Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Lots of empty tracks in Springfield. Only a pair of motors sleep away the night. The Long North and Long South tracks are empty which allows for this view of Springfield Tower.
10-23-2009
Oct. 6, 2022.
Lincoln Home National Historic Site; preserves the Springfield, Illinois home and related historic district where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1844 to 1861.
Lincoln Home: bought by Lincoln and his wife in 1844.
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Built in 1882 and renovated in the 1930s to its present Art Deco-style appearance, this building was formerly the home of a Kresge Department Store location. The building features a buff brick exterior, decorative spandrel panels, limestone trim, geometric motifs, including ziggurat-shaped brick panels over the third-floor windows, one-over-one double-hung windows, decorative piers, and a heavily modified first floor facade. The building is a contributing structure in the Central Springfield Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and expanded to its present size in 2016.
Henry Osborn
Pvt Jacksons Regt NJ Mil
War of 1812
Presbyterian Cemetery
Springfield, New Jersey
Unon County
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Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
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NATIONAL CEMETERY.
On the memorable 10th of August, 1861, the fierce battle of Wilson's Creek was fought and three hundred and fifty Federal soldiers fell; and on January 8, 1863, the battle of Springfield was won by the Federals with a loss of two hundred and fifty killed.
These dead were buried hastily on the sanguinary fields where they fell. Within two years after these battles, bones might be found on either field, and it thus became a necessity to remove these bodies, lightly covered, to some permanent place of interment. A movement was started by the Union men of the county, and the city government, which resulted in the purchase of a five-acre tract of land adjacent to Hazelwood cemetery for the sum of two hundred and eighteen dollars. An estimate was made as to the probable cost of the preparation of the grounds and the removal of the dead, and it was found to be so great that the enterprise halted for a season. Then besides, the desire and fitness that these grounds should be maintained and cared for separately in the future increased the problem. At the suggestion of a number of public men in the city county and state, a numerously signed petition was presented to Congress, through our state representatives, asking that the United States government take over the grounds and maintain them for all time. After some delay Congress authorized the quartermaster department to investigate conditions, and if thought advisable, take over the grounds, remove the dead and take steps for the proper care of the same. The transfer was made in August, 1867. Early in 1868 a government agent came to Springfield to superintend the removal of the dead, to enclose the grounds, prepare a lodge for the keeper, erect markers, plant trees and lay out driveways. About eight hundred bodies, mainly from Springfield and Wilson's Creek, were disinterred and placed in the new location. This number included those who died from wounds and sickness and some from near by towns. [548]
Subsequent experience demonstrated the earlier estimates as to the cost of the establishment of this soldier burial place. From the report of the government inspector it is found that the total cost from the time of removal of the dead to June 30, 1874, was fifty-six thousand, seven hundred and seventy-six dollars. This included the cost of the grounds, the removal, the markers, the walls, the rostrum, mound, lodge, barn, well, flag staff, preparation of the grounds, shade trees, boulevard, cost of the government agents and the cost of administration for six years. The annual expense is about one thousand dollars. The salary of the keeper is seven hundred dollars; one helper, thirty-nine dollars per month; day laborers, one dollar and a half per day. The keeper is given free rent, fuel and water; also furniture for one office. room; all extras are secured through a requisition on the department quartermaster in St. Louis. The keeper has supreme control over all the government property under the general direction of the quartermaster. These public officers are "changed about" rather frequently, generally coming from one state to another. Three years seem to be the general average of control. The regulations of the department are strict and the officer is expected to meet all reasonable demands of the public. For the least infraction or omission of duty the officer is called upon the carpet. Quite a variety of keepers has served this post. A large number of them have proven themselves courteous, dignified and clever, while a few have shown themselves haughty, proud, supercilious, and even contemptuous. A few years since one of the keepers became so domineering and discourteous that a commander of Captain Matthews Post said to him: "From your attitude one might suppose that you had a mortgage on these grounds." One year ended his service. The officer preceding the present one was simply ideal, while the present keeper, Mr. Burns, has won the hearts of all by his gentlemanly decorum. The recent action of the department has added additional duties, which bring considerable increased care to the keeper the oversight of the boulevard and the trees thereon, and the care of the Confederate cemetery. This increased care has not been accompanied with an increase of salary. The keeper seeks to give the same supervisory care to each of these cemeteries.
The location of the cemetery is on Kickapoo prairie about four miles southeast of Springfield. The grounds are enclosed by a rubble stone wall laid in mortar and covered with a coping of sandstone slabs. The main entrance is on the north side. There is a driveway from the entrance to and around the mound, which is in the center of the lot, and upon which is the flag staff. There was formerly a driveway around the lot just inside the wall, but this has been discontinued. The mound is eighty feet in diameter at the base and three terraces are made upon its surface. A goodly number of hard maple trees affords abundant shade and the closely-cut lawn adds much to the general view. A tasteful variety of flowers is clustered about the grounds. There are six gun monuments located upon the grounds, two near the entrance and the others along the driveways. These guns were, taken from the forts in Springfield and were used in the defense of the city. The graves are arranged in parallel rows and are flush with the ground. The dead of each state are grouped together and the name of the state is placed on the marker. The dead from Iowa, Illinois, Michigan and Kansas constitute the larger groups. Near the entrance gate is located a monument donated by Dr. T. J. Bailey and dedicated to the soldiers and citizens who fell in the defense of Springfield. The cost of the monument was five thousand dollars. The dedication of this splendid gift of our fellow townsman took place May 30, 1869. The presentation was made by Judge Geiger and the acceptance by Thomas C. Fletcher. The height of the monument is thirty-two feet and the top is surmounted by a private soldier, panoplied for war. This gift manifested the patriotic ardor of the war times. Inscribed on the face of the monument are these words: "They sacrificed their lives to defend our homes. They are our dead, and with grateful hearts we will remember them. In honor and to aid in memory of the citizens and volunteer soldiers who were killed and died of wounds received in defense of Springfield against the Confederates, January 8, 1863." [549]
THE FIRST DECORATION.
The first decoration of the soldiers' graves took place June 30, 1868. Judge Geiger was officer of the day and the addresses were made by S. H. Boyd and W. E. Gilman. A procession one mile in length was formed in Springfield, with sixty-five wagons, twenty carriages, five hundred on horseback and one hundred and fifty footmen. The procession was met near the cemetery by two hundred people from the country. Two great floats were ladened with flowers, sufficient in quantity to literally cover the graves. Many from surrounding towns flocked to the city, drawn hither by the occasion, the novelty, and the established cemetery by the United States. The people carried their luncheon with them and tarried in the hallowed spot till late in the afternoon. It was a pathetic sight, the removal of the dead had just been completed. Here were eight hundred newly-made graves and hundreds of relatives gathering around the graves that concealed their dead were pouring out their grief and lamentation in audible sounds. The occasion, the addresses, the large attendance, produced a profound impression. Mothers, wives and sweethearts kneeling about the place that marked their dead—the fact that they were in the presence of eight hundred slain men, grouped together in the same field—all these sights and thoughts brought back afresh the past few years.
There are but three National cemeteries in the state, and but one Confederate. The National cemeteries are located at Jefferson City, Jefferson Barracks, and Springfield. [550]
Who may be buried in a National cemetery? All officers, cadets, enlisted men of the army, navy and marine corps, men in government revenue service, army and navy paymasters, who died in the service and held discharges; also army nurses honorably discharged. Eminent citizens who rendered praiseworthy service to their country may be buried in National cemeteries by special permission. Evidence of service must accompany the request for interment, such as a discharge or pension certificate, or special permission from the quartermaster's department in St. Louis. Interments may not be made on Sundays or on holidays. Inscriptions on markers are limited to the name, rank and military service of the decedent. The Government furnishes the headstones or markers, and the keeper must see that these are kept clean. No shrubs, plants, baskets or any other receptacles are allowed upon the graves. The average interments are about twenty-five per year. The total number resting in the National cemetery is one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-six-known, one thousand, one hundred and fifty- seven-unknown, seven hundred and nine. The Confederate-cemetery contains five hundred and sixty graves, mostly unknown. Hazelwood contains four thousand graves. This city of the dead has a population of six thousand, four hundred and twenty-five.
One more thoughtful addition has been made by the National Government to her burial places. To serve as an epitaph for her fallen heroes and for the purpose of giving direction to the thought and meditation of visitors, iron placards have been placed along the driveways, on which are printed, in raised letters, selections from the, poem of Theodore O'Hara, a native of Kentucky, born in 1820. This great elegiac poem, "The Bivouac of the Dead," is supposed to have been written by this author while in the Mexican War. After the great battle of Buena Vista, which practically closed the war, the dead had been collected, embalmed, and made ready for shipment to America, and while watching over these dead the vision of "The Bivouac of the Dead" filled the young lieutenant's mind and he gave forth to the world an elegiac poem that most critics concede surpasses even the renowned Gray's "Elegy." The following stanzas appear along the driveway of this cemetery: [551]
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldiers' last tattoo;
No more on life's parade shall meet
The brave and daring few.
On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread;
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
No answer of the foe's advance
Now swells upon the winds,
No troubled thoughts at midnight haunts
Of loved ones left behind.
No vision of the morrow's strife
The warrior's dream alarms;
No braying horn nor screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arms.
The neighing steed, the flashing blade,
The bugle's stirring blast;
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout are past.
Sons of our consecrated ground.
Ye must not slumber there,
Where strangers' steps and tongues resound
Along the heedless air.
Your own proud land's heroic soil
Shall be your fitter grave;
She claims from war her richest spoil—
The ashes of the brave.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead,
Dear as the blood ye gave,--
No impious footstep here shall tread
The herbage of your grave.
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While fame her record keeps,
Of honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps.
Nor wreck nor change nor winter's blight
Nor time's remorseless doom,
Shall dim the ray of holy light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
— Jonathan Fairbanks and Clyde Edwin Tuck
Past and Present of Greene County, Missouri • ca. 1914
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Kansas City Blues Rugby team and the Queen City Chaos vs the Omaha Goats women's rugby teams.
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!