Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-07

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lie on the slope adjoining Chapel Hill,
in two lots-526 In lot and 1850 in lot
H. One more was added with due cere-
mony to-day--that Of Major Ed. b.
Irrelevant, whose remains had been re-
moved from Columbia for interment in
Elmwood. The following sketch Of this
brave soldier is taken from the Cam
paigns of General Forrest"
Edward Butler Trezeyant, son Of DR., Lewis
O. Tresevant, born in Shelby county. Tennes-
see. Ath Of July, 1888, was educated at 3;
James College, Hagerstown, Maryland; Az
the beginning Of the war he was Deputy CLERK
Of the Circuit Court for Shelby county. In
Joined Captain Logwood's company, the
Memphis Light Dragons Of which he was
elected Third Lieutenant. Soon after the
company marched to Randolph. where 1t was
battalion known as .Logwood's Battalion,
/ Lieut.. Irrelevant subsequently accompanied
the battalion TO New Madrid, Missouri,
and Columbus, Keftucky, with the troops
under command Of General Pillow, early IN
September, 1861. lie was present in the night
attack upon the enemy's outposts IN front
of Paducah, kentucky, in October, and in the
battle Of Belmont, November Z, where WIZ
another COMPANY the nng .he F IrIgogiu IN
fantry. His health becoming very precarlous
from incipient consumption, about the 10Th OF
December. Lieutenant Trezevant resigned,
and soon after repaired TO Western Texas. ine
pure, dry air Of which had been recommended
| by his physicians as likely to restore his
health. Taking up his residence at Austin,
the change of climate seemed, indeed, 70 act
like charm. for early in the spring he deter
mined at once TO rejoin the army, and attach
himself to the command of General Forrest.
About the first of May, arriving az SOrintn,
he reported at the headquarters Of Forrest
Cavalry and was assigned to duty as ser
geant Major of the regiment. About June
10th. when Captain Strange was transferred
from the regiment with Colonel Forrest, Mr..
| Irrelevant was appointed to succeed him as
| Adjutant. In the following month, the Ala
bama companies having been permanently AZ
tached, the remnant of the regiment, with the
addition of a Louisiana squadron, was organ
| lied at Guntown. Miss, as battalion, OF
which Adjutant Trezevant was elected Major,
Mai .Trezevant served with this battalion N AZ
| its marches and battles in the affairs at MID
| dleburg, Medor, Britton's Lane, luka, Cor
| NTH, ETC.. exhibiting the best traits Of SOL
| der, until February, 1862, when with the rest
of Van Dorn's cavalry corps he crossed into
Middle Tennessee: He was then transierreu
placed in command of the Tenth tennessee
cavalry. Calamity leading his regiment at
ompson's Station, on the 9TH Of March, nc
was struck down, m0rtally WOuhucu ny u rlnc
ball through the abdomen. Borne TO the resi-
dence of Mrs. Bond. at Spring Hill, hard by,
he died there two days later; meanwhile re-
ceiving at the hands of his hostess says a
near relative, all the kindness a patient
could desire or a Christian mother best0w:
With strong, well cultivated mind were uni
ted in Colonel Trezevant a ffankness and mag
,1animity which made him an ornament IN MS
social circle and surrounded him with friends.
Dcvoting himself to the requirements OF
knowledge of the profession Of arms, he soon
became fitted for the leadership Of men. In
person he was tall, we'll proportioned and
erect; he had light hair, blue eyes and regular
features. with the air and manners of a gentle
man altogether one. of the handsomest young
officers in the army"
Of the number of the noble dead above
stated, Y belonged to Tennessee regi-
ments, 3lS to Arkansas, 20 to Missis-
sippi,- % to Missouri, 80 to Texas, 80 to
Louisiana, 10 to Alabama 4 to Ken
lucky, 2 to Georgia, 2 to Florida, | to
South Carolina, and 2S2 unknown. Here
is the full list of their names, with the
States and regiments to which they be-
lona'ed, and the number attached to each
crave: