The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-02

attacked Ws1H WnaE2N AouShs ~
ordinary bilious disorder. and our toWpsna
Dr.. Shepherd was called in. Foe several
days the case presented favorable asp tsa
utsuddenly, bad symptoms appealngisu 80
William Seldeh was CONSULTED. soon thele
after It was decided TO remove the S5ehet o.
TO the, hospital of st. Vincent de faal ~ ~
order that he might hare Inc attenll ..., y,
organized purses; and there bis conulslop
became such that Or. Beale, bis family p1yss
clan. was telegrapbed for, and In response ~
this message ne arrived on the evening =
the 2Stb. .gt,G tss.: last.
AS the disorder progressed the olaglos.s
was that the General suffered from an apsS e
on the liver, aud it was from TINS tna. .uS
gallant soldier finally died, after q slou' d de
sistauce to the approaches OF tue ien "a
stroyer. When it became known thae NE naa
been removed to the hospital the comMupI ,hs
became alarmed for the hrst tune, auu 10 =
general anxiety was great anu pa.n ~ s;st;,.
the last moment. The deatn OF 50 u hsan
pushed man at any time "oulo .avo We I'D.
a distressing event, but uneXpeceeu anw !
de, 90 II was. the State and the community
u;j, be ineypressibly shocked ut the an
nnn,cement. He realized bis danger AZ an
aor,u,dsv and met his fate With olsnlty
"a co,n oosnre worthy his life and character
| He has left IT,. ..a.e -. ~.
| 4 BIOGRAPHY WHICH Fiholsn -
49, w1LLrSGLY LET DE-, .s-.i,,,r-, =.
and here to-day we present. some Of is de.
tails in bastE and inadequate sketcn OF Tue
deceased. G$As.E. Pickett was ooIn 10
the county Of ele s on'o Of Il the e late
airy, 1925. He picEe,t ~ s SpI y, ' Island
Colonel Robert "h "s vi a~sey as,ar y,
and Mary JohDsdn, Oh u, hicamone born OF
the best Yirginiai st9eh, aII reale uuiln
boybood on one OF .uo noole, oiu-I =
estates which are ~ 1asI pa'slus s"ay -
sub. diyisions. young Pickett grew up q
ha pdsome and active yotsn' ana WIN !he
elements of good educatio1s Ia "nich tos
Persian tuition to ride, TO sheet. ana 10 ecu
the truth had not been forgotten, be entefeo
the Military Academy at West folnC 10
June, 1912. at the end of bis curriculum
he was duly graduated, and assigned
to duty with the army, then. IN Mex,
co with the rank of brevet seeono
l;entenant. The youthful soldier advanced
Nth Scott's column upon the city OF Mexico,
and was one of that brilliant groupiin which
Jackson. Magruder, and Mcclellan shone.
He participated ia the bloody battles OF Con-
treras. Cherubusco, MoliDo del Key, and
Chapultepec, and was twice promoted,al
] the latter place being advanced to the rank OF
csptaiH. AT the eDd of the war captain
Pickett was assigned to duty in the terrific
ries, and finally appeared on the Pacibc
coast at The bead of his company of the Mint
infantry. That military department, as we'll
as we remember, was commanded by Gene
raj Harvey. 1t was on the Pacific coast that
CAPTAIN Pickett added new lustre to bis re-
RI
81, 49,. ISLAND OF ST. JUAN.
This he did with eooIuess and tenacity. OPP
posed to him be found three or four British
mep-o(-war slnt to take forcble possession
of the island by Governor Douglas, whose
arrogance came near precipitating the two
great Epelish.speaking races into war. 10
this possession Captain Pickett not only
showed the resolution Of good soldier,
| in face of overwhelming odds, but
tact of Judgment. In position Of extreme
delicacy be had not hesi!ated as to his line OF
action, and when the arrival Of the British
admiral removed up the immediate danger
of collision it was apparent that serious
complication had been avoided by the
| promptness of Pickett. General Harvey had
sustained him, and subsequently he was ap-
plauded by the .general-in.chief and by the
entire press Of the country. For bis services
in this grave business he was recommended
by General Harvey for q breyet. In this re-
c5rnmendation his Immediate commsnder
asked tor his promotion as reward for "the
cool judgment, ability, aud gallantry he bad
dspayed"; and the voice ofthe country rati-
| fed the opinion Of General Harney.. Pickett
remained on the Pacific coast at the post he
| bad made celebrated until 1861. ..-.s
The cloud of war had now oVerspread the
! sky, and having resigned his commission be
made his way across the plains to give bis
sword to his native State. He made this
memorable journey, we believe, with Gene
raj Albert Sydney Johnston, who had CON-
| nauded the department, and also with our
gallant townsman Colonel Frank Mallory,
who sleeps In soldiers grave.
HIS SUBSEQUENT CAREER.
It is hardly necessary for US to speak of
this. Every intelligent man in the South has
a general outline Of General Picketps services
| in his mind, and it is rather as an act Of JUS
tice to the valiant dead than for the iuforma-
ton OF the living that we continue our nara
tive. In Richmond he was commissioned
colonel. and assigned to duty on the Kappa
hammock. Soon thereafter be was made a
brigadier, and his brigade was not long in
winning at williamsburg and Seven Pines
the hatteripg sobriquet Of "Game Cocks"
At Gainess Mill General Pickett was Sc
yerely wounded, and was constrained to re-
main absent from his command for several
months. Soon after bis return to duty be
| was promoted 10 msjor general, and his divi-
sion consisted of four Virginia brigades,
whose names are as immortal as the fame Of
| their leader or the grand army OF which they
were among the chief ornaments. kemper,
| Garnet, Armistead, and Corse We're bis
| brigade commanders. 1t is not necessary to
follow the fortunes of this division through
! the trials and vicssitudes, the triumphs and
disasters, Of the struggle. 1t is only neces-
sary TO say that Picketrs division charged up
| that awful bill at Gettysburg, and its, men
and officers fell among the very guns. ARMS
| tead's hand was on captured piece when be
met his fate, and never mortal men showed
more valor or discipline than did Plcketts
heroes on that memorable day when they
won the position which they were not strong
enough to keep. - ny. q. lE.a2 s..gt. .ac;f
OF bis subsequent services tits only .neces-
sary to say that be Increased his military
reputation 10 North Carolina in an independ-
ent command that he organized the defence
against Butler when he came 80 near taking
Petersburg that he beat the enemy In the
first day's fighting at Five Forks; aud de-
livered his final battle on theSth of April,
1865, at Sailors Greek, when the glorious
battle-fIgs Of the Lost Cause were waving
almost for the last time. The best eulogy,
after all, on the dead soldier is that bis men
and officers I" believed" IN him aud followed
him wherever be led; and the survivors of
bis famous division, wherever they may be,
will unite In general burst Of sorrow at the
sudden and untimely death Of their old COM
mander. Let shaft be reared to his memory
10 Hollywood, and the heroic bronze per-