The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-19
aEHERAL PEMBRRrox's DEATH.
Peaceful Clnsc Of the stirring Career
Of the Defender Of virksburg.
IL MI


OF the defender Of Virksburg.
PhiiadsiphiA Times.
After long career of disappointment and
a.,,n. "a so,a;., .,o..s.a h. ......,
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Year, OF unSo'rueiNe prlvste me, GENERAL j..
O. Pemberton, who was in command Of the
confederate forcea Al tbe fall of V,ckshuro
~ .....s. :. p-,,.
y'''s'1'J '""y" "p'''ta"' suou'o
OF tne cilv on tne fenhsy lvania railroad
fniiaoelpn,a was ms home, the place where
ne wn born. and 10 the trying hours OF biz
iass Illness ne mad The consolation that
comes from the presence around
nv bed'slde OF old friends and the
members OF his family. That be should
have ben 60 jealous IN advocate OF the
cause OF Inc soutn 10 explained by the fact
that he married southern lsdy-Mlss
Thompson, OF Virginia; WAS always MI advo
cate OF states rights, and through oil the
ordeal VI emoittered 0rAsory preliminary 10
the war was Jefferson Davis personal friend.
hence, wnen me wiid hews flashed over the
opened upon Fort sumter, frmoerlon, IN his
impeluous way, marched tho United States
!roops under ms command INTO washington
hordsr into tho snnth going 81 onca nv ,ha
Ado of b;s f,ispd M, D.u.
through wboss i,Auences bo wa,
ran,div advanced in ths conf,dero,a rspLs
Thro,,yh m, ner,ls of ,he storm ma s,,..s of
ha,,la he seemed To hear immnni,v from
harm. Horses white nnd crnv snd hrnwn
ware shot lrom undo' HIM ~ ps md cio.Ls
hs wore ware nierced with buils,s bu, in The
front and midst Of the FRAY. through some M
tina most dis,strou. .T Ava be S.ssod nm.
scs,hed H,s two brnthors fnugh, sga,ns,
him in the union ranks Tn. nam, of
Gen raj John O. Psmborlon will awnys bo
associated with the siege of V,cksburr AID
his stubb ,rn defense of that "iron fortress of
the Mississinn,.n ma the confeders,es csllad
it. spainst tbs aruy or General Grant. He
wns one If the v,cijms of tina ws, E In ,bo
only great work he had An opnortunitv
10 do. he WAS. from tho A, Il. In y
Homeless nos, ion. Tho years that
have passed aimee he marched ont of ,ha
surrendered CITY. a parulsd prisoner. have
made him a pnle meinvry. Not much w,s
known OF his caoscity IA soldier when the
siepe began and no was never given AN on
por,unitv again. The doom of a bss,en
man was on HIM. Justly or u, Justly. and be
never again had ihs confidence, of tho conf.d-
crate troops.
GENERA, pemberton WAS one or the ofI,cs,s
of the r,pul.r army who resigned bis com
mission NJ IN. break mp out OF the war of tho
rebellion, He WAS native of Pn,I.dsInbis
and was born in 1917 He graduated from
Wss.- Point Ia 1897: seryod WITH d,siinct,nn
in the Mexic.,r war AMI At ihe time of his
rasiooa,,on w,a a cu otain. On en,er,no tba
coufydr rate ssrvioe he wss IN dc Ileu,epan,
colonel of caynlrv and Hsss,nnt .aintani ven,
ersl in IN. nrovisionsl rrmv and ys. mn, in
command az The copG dar.;e forcas in po,,h-
ero Mi,aissinni whara ths Advance arm. nf
Grant found him in tho sn,;no IF 18eS rha
V,cksburo cnmDnon ia s,iIl The suoiect Of
con,rovar,v smnno Tho RECOMMENDATIONS
offlcinIs I, beo.n in tho Is,o, nsr. y, IaeS
with Shermss's dis.s,r,,,s s,,amn, " , ,uon
thu enemx's fsnk hv an a. nsd;,iop Nv ' ,na
Ynzoo s1d /. wss o,a.d hu E..n.'s h un su
movemont nsst tho hsi,o,;as thar ;a,n ~.
hear, Of M;ss,i ann; dr;vi"o.T b"son.'a ,h ,a
be.tipp Psmbert,I, ut Cham nion H,I,s snd
Annllv si,tinn down 70 a .,ava which w.
sulte3 In tho snrre, dsr of Tho mat ;,n"r,.U,
Cont erste s,ronvno,d nm tho Mi.s;s.;~n,
As he said over and over AGAIN. Pam nsrtpn
Considered Vicks hug The most i'm nnr,sn,
DoiIt in tho oonfsdsracv. andswhsn Grsnt
ran hia batteries md landau hi. force. son,h
ofbim he fo,sssw ths, Tho s,,u,,olo s,s w.
nosses.;on of ,ha ,;var wss IN "nnsa hn.,n nU
was at la, I.on ard pa" hs, Uun"' was
anxious IN maze a "nmhins,;on sna o;"o
batIle 10 tho nn;on ,,onns WITH "" nn sI
-. l.. ~ $500 ''o0P' W. ""o