Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-05-31
From The Land We Low,
General George Burgwyn Anderson.

An unsullied honor, q record that shall
be immortal, and Il grateful and affection
ate remembrance of her martyred sons, arc
all that are left to the South from the
wreck of the great civil war. That honor
no prejudice or malignity can successfully
assail or even tarnish. That record Of he
coism and devotion shall grow in lustrc as
the years advance, and be the theme of
song and story in ages yet to come. And
that love and veneration for the noble dead
will live and intensity until the present
generation sleeps in dust and then our
children and our children's children
''Shal receiUe their names, and in fond memories
Preserve and still keep fresh, like flowers in Wa
Their glorious deeds ~
Lavish as have been her offerings, North
Carolina has rarely made Il richer contribu-
ton to fame and history, than when George
Burgwyn Anderson left them the legacy of
his bright young name and example, 1t
shall be the object of this imperfect sketch
to tell his services and to commemorate II
life that WAS admirable while it lasted, us it
was glorious i'll its conclusion.
George Burgwyn Anderson WAS born in
Orange county, within one mile of Hills
boro', on the 18th day of April, 1881. His
father Was William K. Anderson, brother
Florida, and best known dts the faithful
and intelligent Cashier for many years of
the Branch Bank of the State, at Whining
ton. His mother, Eliza, was the daughter
of George Burgwyn, of the ''Hermltage,
in New Hanoyer,-the head of family
graced by all the qualities which adorn So
ciety. He received his elementary educa-
ton from that best of all instructors, the
mother, and was subsequently a pupil of
Colonel VIM Bingham, and at the Cald-
we'll Institute, in Hillsboro'. AS q boy, he
| was remarkable for the brightness of his
| intellect, his amiable and cheerful DISPOSE
| ton, manly department and strldiOus nab
| its,-the same qualities which, Ill after life
characterized him in so remarkable adegree.
| He matriculated at the University of North
Carolina in July, 47,-joining the Sopho-
more class of that year. Up to the time of
his leaving the institution, he shared the
first honors OF his class with John Hill, Il
young man of high promise, who died ear
ly, VIM. Fl. Johnson, of Tarboro after
wards Tutor at Chapel HILL and Profess
or W. c. Keer, at present Geologist of the
State. The distinguished President of the
University speaks of him as one of the
most punctual members of his class, as
gentlemanly in department., most exempll-
| ry IN morals, Ill every respect, the fitting
compeer of the best of his contemporaries.
1t is only deemed necessary to refer thus
briefly, to his youthful antecedants. Many
facts are in the possession of the writer,
exhibiting the germ of that character which
in maturer years, made him the object of
such high hopes and tender regard but
the great events in which, as a man, he
played so illustrious part, obscure the
trivial but pleasing incidents of his boy
hood.
Through the kind agency of the Hon.
A. W. Venable. he obtained the APP
pointment of Cadetship to West Point,
and entered the Military Academy in 1848,
member of a class numbering ninety
young men, and which graduated forty one
members. AS soon as his studies common
ced, in September of the first years course,
it became apparent Ito use q. s. A., who
was his contemporary that ''young An
derson was not only one of the brightest
intenects, but the gerry superior mind Of