Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-04-19
BATON ROUGE, La, APRIL 10, 1879.
DEATH OF GEN. RICHARD TAYLOR


The news reaches us that this dis
tinguished Louisianian breathed his
last on the 10Th inst, at the residence
of friend, Col. S. M. L. Barlow, of
New York city.
The funeral took place from the
Church of the TRANSPORTATION. DIR.
Houghton read the burial services.
Among those in the church were
Royal Phelps, ex-Gov. S. j. Tilden,
ex-Mayor Wickham, President Jowett
of the Erie Railroad, Gen. Smith,
Parle Goodwin, Charles A. Dana. BY
special request there were no floral
offerings.
The pall-bearers were Hon. Hamil-
ton Fish, Charles O'Connor, Secretary
William M. Evarts, ID. d. Withers;
William r. Travers, George Ticknor
Curtis, August Belmont, Charles D..
Perkins, William Constable, Abram
s. Hewitt, Senator Bayard and Mayor
Cooper.
Gen. Dick Taylor, as he was famll-
iarly called, was native of this city,
and was the only son of Gen, Zachary
Taylor, the President of the United
States in 1913. During the constant
absence of his father in the tented
field, he was sent North to be cdu-
Gated, spending the better part of his
college days at Harvard University.
In 1916, he joined his illustrious father
in Mexico, and participated with him
through the bloody episodes OF the
Mexican War. At the close OF that
campaign he married the daughter OF
Mr.. Bringier, one of the most proml-
nent planters of the coast, after which
he engaged in sugar planting, pursu-
ING that avocation successfully for
several years. He figured conspicu-
ously as a member of the State Senate
during several terms.
He took an active part in the seces-
sion movement of 1861, appearing as
a member of the convention that pass
ed the ordinance seveling the connec-
ton of Louisiana with the Union. AT
the head of the Ninth Regiment OF
Louisiana Volunteers, he appeared Ill
Virginia, obtaining soon after his arri-
val his promotion as Brigadier Gen
eral, in command of that heroic body
of soldiers composed of the Sixth,
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Regiments
and Wheat's famous Tiger Battalion,
u brigade that he led with his well
known gallantry through the first
campaign in the Valley of the She
nandoah, notably in the battles OF
Winchester and Port Republic, where
that command in q brilliant charge
captured battery manned by the
Regulars Of the United States. Pro,
NOTED to the rank of Major General
he was ordered to the trans Missis-
sippi Department, where he displayed
military and administrative talents Of
a superior order. When Gen. Banks
expedition advanced into the Red
River section of our State, he gath
cred together the scattered commands
Ofthat department., with such rapidity
and skill, as to enable him to oppose
to the advancing and thoroughly
equipped foe, an army through whose
gallantry he gained the brilliant vic.
tory of Mansfield, defeating at one
stroke the well conceived plans of oul
enemies. For this and other eminent
services he was promoted Lieutenant
General in the army of the Confed-
crate States. Gen. Taylor was III
accomplished writer, and man OF
great cultivation and intellect. He
leaves three children, daughters, who
are now residing with their aunt
Mrs. cambridge, in Virginia. He was
aged about sixty two years. Wejoin
his relatives, and his many friends
and admirers, in mourning the loss Of
this worthy son of an illusttious sire.