The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-22
ob.equ,es OF Gene' al Morgan.
THE REMAINS OF TEE eREAT RAIDER RElSrERBsD
AT HIS OLD HohF.-GATHERING OF HIS OLD
COMPANIONS.
A Lexington (Ky.) dispatch to the Cincinnati

A Lexington (Ky.) dispatch to the Cincinnati
Commercial says:
The funeral of General John II. Morgan, the
famous Confederate, took place to-day in this his
old home. His daring excursions into Ohio and
adjoining States during the late war have made
his name ilustrous in this part OF the country,
and the bare announcement that his oosequies
would be performed in Lexington, attracted to
the city hundreds of his admirers and sympa
tbizeTs, and first of all a large.number OF those
who followed bis fortunes through all tier
changes, from the time OF organization TO tue
day on which the band was broken up and It's
leader slain. The majority of the persons who
came 10 participate in the ceremonies were In the
Confederate army while it existed and live Ia this
State. There were, however, delegations from
Ohio, Indiana and Virginia, and some OF them
were large ones.
The duty OF Transporting the remains from their
temporary resting place in Virginia to the Lex.
ington cemetery, for final interment, devolved
upon q committee of several gentlemen from Gov
iDgton. Kentucky, and they discharged their obi
CATION this morning
Imme diately upon the arrival of the body at the
depot il was transferred to handsome hearse,
and followed by long train of citizens and visit
Ors, and was taken TO Christ (EpiscOpal) Church,
in the upper part Of the city. IL il hardly neces-
sary to ssy that the sanctuary filled TO its ut
most capacity. The burial-case, heavily laden
with tokens of affection in the form of wreaths
and beautiful flowers, was deposited in the chan
Gel, ana the rector, the heY. jacob chlpm an,
con menced the exercises by reading selections
from the fifteenth chapter of the Second Epstle
of st. Paul. requiem was then sung by the
choir, and after the Offering of the prayer of the
Episcopal Church, the coffin was once more taken
10 the heaTse.
The procession for which arrangements had
been made was now formed by the chief marshal
r. G. Thomas. the committee of arrangements
consisting Of Major A. Reid. Major A. ). Lip
comb, Major A. l.. Withers, Capt. Simpson aud
mt HaWpg
gentlemen from Lexington, headed the column,
and we're followed by the local cOrnet ban1.
Next in order came the Masous, numbering about
forty persons, and behind them cergymen and
the chairman of the COvlngton committee. The
hearse, with its somber p.umes, followed, sur
rounded by the pall-bearers. Lieut.. General Il.
Kirby Smith, Major General w. Preston, Brig adler
General A. BufoId, Brigsdier General ]. 5. Will
liams. Brigadier General G.. B. Hodge, Colonel p.
B. Spence, VIM. Jones ard Capt. Wagner, DR..
VIM. Hayes and Major s. X Hayes. On the left
of the hearse came carriage bearing the relatives
and personal friends of the deceased.
The surviving members of General Morgan's
command marched in double file behind the car
risges some on foot and some on horseback, num-
befing about one hundred and thirty 10 all OF the
old squadron, and other members Of the division
followed.
The procession, after marching through the
principal streets Of the city, proceeded to the
cemetery. At the entrance the remains of Thos.
ID. Morgan. the generals brother who was killed
at Lebanon, in 1868, Joined the line. On the Nor
gan lot, which is beneath the shadow of the Clay
monument, double grave had been dug, and
around it gathered the relatives, with Gen. Basil
Duke as chief mourner. prayer was offered for
the repose of the dead, dirge was sung, the min
lister read the funeral service, the Masons per-
formed the rites peculiar 10 them, and the two
collins were lowered into their last receptacle.
On the two mounds were hesped many flowers,
fashioned into crosses and wreaths, aud the mourn
ers returned to the city.
1t was expected by many persons that the burial
of General Morgan would be made the occasion
for vehement and rebellious demonstration.
Such was not the case. The services were per.
formed with the utmost tranquility. and the mer.
its Of the cause in which the general persisted
were not introduced in any form. No panegyric
was pronounced on him, either at the church or
at the cemetery. His qualities we're not extolled
nor was the action he took in the war aDplauded.
He was spoken of as Christian man and brother
snd, as such, he received burial at the hands Of
Christian people.