Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-02
LAID AWAY ID REST.
General Granbury's Remains
 Reinterred at Granbury.
THE DEAD HERO IGNORED.
People Gather From All Over the stats to Pay Trtbute to His memory- Elo- qnent Addresses Delivered by o d
 Comrades and Many Others.

GRANBURY. Tex, Dec. 2.-Under the escort of his former friends and con- rades of the lost cause the remains of General il. B. Granbury were brought here Thursday from Fort Worth and laid in their final resting place. The escort was the R. E. Lee camp of United Confederate Veterans under the command of Captain A. B. Frazier, Dr. Doyle. representing John B. Hood camp, and Major K NJ. Van Zandt, who was the major of the regiment commanded by General Granbury.
 Major and Mrs. A. D. Moss came from Brownwood and accompanied the party to Granbury Mrs. Moss is the youngest sister of the dead general.
 The day was all that could be de- sired to make the funeral exercises of General Granbury success. The peo- pie from the country began to arrive early, and by 10 o'clock the square was full.
 Old soldiers were soon talking over the days of the 60's They were from Erath, Somervell, Palo Pinto, Parker and other counties. Many of them were with General Granbury at Frank lin when he fell. Among them are Captain J. F. Henderson, of Erath; o. A. Mosey, of Somervell; William and B. H. Dennis, of Hood; George Ste yens, Sam Criner and John Willing ham of Johnson, and J. r. Rankin of Brown counties. all of whom testified in the strongest language of the valor. integrity and patriotism of their chief.
 1t was the greatest gathering ever assembled in Granbury. even not except ing the Hogg rally i'll November. 1899.
 The funeral train was met at the de- pot by John B. Hood camp of the uni form rank, Knights of Pythias, and the remains escorted to the courthouse where they remained till the process sion was formed to escort the body to the cemetery.
 The easket was wrapped in the first flag designed for the Confederacy, the stars and bars, and on account of it's resemblance to the Federal flag had been added a red field with blue cross. The flag was mostly blue and in the center on top of the casket was a red star in 8 white field.
 On the casket flowers had been wreathed into star, circle and cross. These were contributed by an old comrade. MT. Moore of Comanche. White flowers had been worked into red ones and formed the words, .sOur Hero, which rested on his bosom.
 The flag on one side of the easl1et had the words: "Chickamauga, Ringgold Gap, Missionary Ridge, Dug Gap, Re saca," and on the other side, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta and Frank lin"
 The procession formed at the court house at 9 o'clock. First came the hearse, then followed hacks with the pallbearers, d long line of old Confed- crate veterans. the band, the Grand Army of the Repu blic, students of Add Ran and Granbury colleges and the public school. The procession was three-qusrters of mile long
 Captain M. D. Herring of Waco spoke for an hour at the stand on the life of General Granbury, which was appreciated by all. Dr. Doyle then in- troduced John R. Rankin of Brown wood, who paid an eloquent tribute to the memory of General Granbury W. A. Catts, in behalf of the Grand Army of the Republic post, talked few min utes and gave utterance to deserving sentiments. AS an old Union soldier he met them as brothers and neighbo
 Captain J. D. Shaw presented in behalf of Pat Cleburne camp 8 gavel made out of part of the old cotton gin st Franklin. Tenn. where General Granbury died. Co Major J. A. Forn- wall for camp John B. Hood.
 The remains were placed in a grave in the Granbury cemetery, an elevated piece of land west of the town, and near Granbury college.