Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-02


them there, then turn from them
ihat they may rest till they ac-
complish as hireling their day.
When the appointed day shall come,
God will call and they will answer'
Then shall be brought 10 pass the saying
that II is written, death is swallowed
up in victory oh, Death, where Is Thy
sting; oh, grave, where is thy victoryw
Thanks be 10 God, who giveth US the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The speaker concluded his impressive
words, and then again raising his eyes
and voice to heaven, invoked the bless
ing of the Father, in accents Of feryent
eloquence. .
TO THE GRAVE. 500
The two collins we're then raised from
the catafalque, so tenderly that the
petals of the blossoms on their lids
scarcely trembled, and were borne to
the two graves upon the crest Of Chapel
Hill. The band, leading the procession
as it moved with measured tread from
the stand, performed the Dead March,"
BY Dit.rich, the notes ofwhich filled all
the air with q weight of tremulous melody
so stirring, yet so subdued, as to awaken
a hallowed sense Of triumph among the
tombs of those who fought not oil in vain.
After the band, followed the remains Of
Gen. Smith, accompanied by the follow
ing gentlemep, once his comrades in
arms, and now his pall-bearers:
Gen. M. J. Wright, Col M Magevney,
IT.. Col. j. H. Edmondsou, Col. j. W..
Dawson, Major Il. A. Bsecher, Capt. 4.
A. Cole. Dr. Emmett Woodward, DIR. r.
W. Mitchell, Capt J. r. Flippin, Capt.
Frank B. Rodgers, Mr.. Felix Robertson,
f. Titus, Esq, Hon. A. Wright, Gen. j.
r. Chalmers. Capt. W. L. Scott and L.
II. Clayton, Esq. .O4 .tsrf tH
The relatives and immediate friends of
General Smith followed his remains, and
after these came the coffin of Colonel
Forrest, accompanied by the following
pall-bearers: 4 4fgs
Major j. P. Strange, Col. W. q. Tay-
lor, Maj. P. T. Allen, Maj. G. v. Ram
baut, Capt. w. A. Goodman, Capt j. A.
Shane, Capt ]. G. Barbour Capt. G. A.
Cochran, Capt. ]. w. Sneed, Lieut. c.
d. Steinkuhl, Lieut.. James Switzerland,
Mr.. N. E. Hughes.
Next followed the relatives and. friends
of Col. Forrest, and, after these, observ-
ing no set order of march, followed the
dense throng of votaries assembled
arou I'D the stand. On reaching the crest
of Chapel Hill the procession halted, and
then separated, the two collins being borne
to their respective resting places, and
tenderly lowered into the earth, opened
to receive them. At both graves the
closing scene was solemn and impressive
in the extreme, and when the earth was
placed upon the coffin lids, tears and
flowers fell with it. .zs.s
Nor can we dismiss thus the two young
soldiers, thus placed within their final
resting places, without at least a passing
allusion to their struggles in the cause
for which their lives were offered up.
GENERAL PRESTON SMITH.
General Smith was born in Giles
county, Tennessee, December rs, 1923,
but at the breaking out of the war was a
resident Of this city, where he was en-
gagged in the practice of his Profession
the law. Prior to the seeding of the
State, he was commander of the old l54th
Regiment of Tennessee Militia, and
on April Ia, 1861, was ordered
into the service with his COM
mand by Governor Harris, and in the
May following, at the reorganization of
his regiment at Randolph in this State,
was unanimously reelected colonel
After its reorganization the regiment
regularly entered the Confederate SER
vice, and was led by General, then Col
onel Smith, in its maiden battle at
Bellemont, and in all the engagements
up to the occupation Of Corinth, and
through the battles of Shiloh, when,
Gen. Bushrod Johnson having been
killed in that engagement, he was
placed in command of brigade,
receiving his commission as Brig
adler General Immediately after the
battle of Richmond, Ky, where he dis
tinguished himself by conspicuous gal
lantry in action. He was then attached
to Cheatham's Tennessee Division, and
was with that command throughout.
Bragg's campaign into Kentucky; at the
battle of Perryville. his brigade being
held in reserve by order of the COM
manding General On the return of the
army through Cumberland Gap, his COM
mand performed conspicuous part
frequently bringing up the reg tc
diminishing with the enemy's ad
His command next appears at Mu:
boro, where it is again assigned a
of honor. On the first day of the b
of the 3lst Of December, 81, in front
that place, he being absent, the CO
mand of the BRIGADE fell upo,
senior COLONEL A. ]. Vaughn, by whom
it was CALAMITY led into action. On re-
turning to the command the coming day,
the General found that in pursuing the.
enemy six miles, and having fought from
sunrise to snset, be had lost 7O7 men out
of the 1900 then constituting the entire
strength of his brigade. On resuming
command. Gen. Smith was ordered to
take the position then occupied by Gen
Hanson, Of Kentucky, which was held by
him and Cheatham 8 tiivision until the Sd
of January, 1868, when a retreat was or