The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-14
ccV PIERCE N. B. YOUNG.
INC CAREER or THE FAMOUS
D. -,,,c,-DERATE CAVALRNMAN.

Z ore ni0AA - ~
y.nrv Of Navarre-Interestins
.i,,t.cenees of n ChivaIrous
.,ldi.r and Gentleman.
rom the New York Times.
-,.l..fb of Gen. Pierce NJ. B. Young
5r-rf,al in this city last Monday
F..r-v pathetic in its suddenness
...--n=ss. He was a soldier VINO
60 .,-tle for its clangor and tumult'
-. ,rD1rtunity il offers to bravery
al skin and for the fire that II kinoles
Outrageous heart. He would nave
--.sa--sl falling in battle rather than
~ r4acefuI. stealthy creeping on OF
t.,.r f- a slow disease, which must con-
az the end. A death in the mad
~, NJ the charge at Gettysburg, or in
~ s~15r OF the heroic lighting around
5t---noud. would have better satisfied
81. Gallant spirit Some years ago, in
liking of the death of his former COM
-,sr54r gen. Thomas r. R. Cobb, who
III al Fredericksburg at the head Of his
famous Legion" Gen. Young said:
.Hs could not have selected better
ned TO die on, or one in which his brill
liant Daring and splendid genius for war
s1one brighter. 1t seemed his true hour
az DEATH He Jared in death better. than
Jackson. who was almost his counter
mart in Christian heroism and Christian
kaiehthood. Jackson was shot at night
By his own guns; but Cobb died SOL
d.er's death on the field of victory"
"a soldiers death on the field of vic
t0rv'-nOt Jackson S death at midnight al
the hands Of his laundering troops, ana
not the quiet passing away ON nospltal
cot was what this born soldier craVed. lie
came to this city only short time ago TO
be treated for a disease, which Is more GER
tain of its Victim than an enemys bullet
The ridemen from whom the team that
year win be chosen, will begin their prac-
be composed entirely Of Savannah men.
have sustained that reputation for years,
o. the team by the adjutant general 10
damen who desire to enter the contest Tor
or sabre, and he was dimly conscious OF
his approaching death. AS soon as he
reached his hotel he gave word that he
did not wish to see any one, and went
quietly 10 the hospital, doomed man.
he had feared this disease for years, and
his life in Central America had very great
~ FASTENED its progress. Gen. Young be-
longed TO that chivalrOus kind of SOL
der which lOng-range guns and the math-
emdtical precision of modern warfare have
hanished from the field. The civil war saw
the last Of these brilliant "sabreurs'-
men like Sheridan Asby, Stuart, Forrest,
and Young. Such men are survivals of
The age of chiyalry, and would be out of
place In the wars OF the present, where
hstting is no longer a profession or an
ant, but has become a mere matter OF
chemistry.
When South Carolina seeded from the
union, Young who was then a boy of 20
was at West Point, nearing his gradua-
lion. He wanted to resign at once and
go 10 Charleston to fight for his native
state, but he waited to see what course
Georgia, where his family was then living,
would adopt. As soon as that state fol-
lowed the example Of South Carolina he
lett West Point and reported for duty
al charleston, where he Immediately took
part IN the attack upon and capture of
tOrt Sumter, then held by Mai Anderson.
as soon as fighting was temporarily
suspended al Charleston his restless ar
dor drove him to Montgomery to offer his
services to Jefferson Davis. He was APP
pointed second lieutenant in the artillery
corps, and ordered to Pensacola. Artil-
iery service did not suit him There was
not enough dash in it, Immediately after
the battle Of first Manassas, therefore.
ne asked for fifteen days leave, went 10
richmond, and secured a position that
would carry him into the thick Of the
nghtng in the Virginia valleys. He was
appointed adjutant in Cobb's legion, then
organizing from Georgia troops, and des-
Ilnel TO be one of the worlds most fam
Gus bodies of soldiery.
In October 1861 Young was annointed n
MAJOR IN the provisional army and nut in
command Of the cavalry of the legion.
Iln ms command he aided in checking
;;gcOleiian S advance on Richmond, fight
IuS SkImlShes at every defensible point.
ana by throwing dams across the riverS
Whlcn made them overflow and turn the
sW9mps along their low banks into impas-
80 horasses. In the sever fighting
IN tB aUco.Hlpanied these maneuvers, and
r. Ihe sun severer struggle along the
II,tttle ChlckahOminy and at Seven Pines
-1aJ. 1oung distinguished himself nv the
ms nIlInant daring and the sGccessful
SGmNHct OF an movements intrusted to
I'M Al yer Lee had defeated the federal
army ana forced 1t back across the Po-
tSHidc' the legion took part in the in
DHaSloh OF Maryland and in the battles of
byro. borough, Antietam and Sharps-
a. Al Bqrkettsyille, just before the battle
IL FsIeuerlcksburg, Maj Young engaged
- Ieuefals IN severe fight. in which
saw SAW tb 5iae s.5 suffered heavily Those who
desortbe LING caValryman in that battle
So. ~" E MN as being in a perfect Ber-
~ H 4}s Iury He led his men into the midst
ga~ me enemy, his sword waving like a
VI on every side. The close contact
WIN me foe fired his blood and he he
<ane needless of danger. He never i,neJ,-
resso,,I ne acted more rapidly than he
coooifUoIleu' and he did heroic things while
We're men men paused to think whether it
the mi6et "a IL WINE attempting them. In
N
We ne was struck down by a, buIlet
~ ~ ne came out Of the army bosnjtai
Tor- iti,t.HInond, the great battle had been
kaa22 siahu won. He never got over the
in - disappointment of not taking ma ~
VIA ,lraO Hght He never mentioned The
CIV without sigh that a wound re-
H. IN skirmish had robbed him oF
As 91oIy OF being a Fredericksburp R,It
VIZ oon as ne was well his brilliant SER
caiessW We're rewarded, and he was nal,
ba ,S9i sa OF Cobb's legion. Cobb bimSeif
ment of triumph. III the mo-
charscQIda lhe most admirable traits in tba
preais t Yer OF Gen. Young YVES his omen an
MAJ tOl Oh his companions in arms
nee soldier, surrounded bv such CO.,
Asbb as hampton, Stuart. Forrest oTd
tincttg, would have felt envious Of az
Yo, us achieved by them Ruf SaS,
hug mad that other attribute ~ l,,i -
his - generosity; and he never Tnentionad
Q"h exploits without SAVING ,,a1',.d
NJ some of these gallant cays1r,, 80
m 5i ne uld about himself Tbera ,, ,.ISil
n9t1lr ,'57 udIly large number of sIcb 800
the c w liivalS for military renown amor,
CoDdittEs5Ilry Leaders of the confeSarsoiss
10 ~ at the south were favora ~
wis., IeV elopment of horserna nsbtn In
cerfain NJ a tLS, hardy daring and. witbai =
decIar-llIS hIValry of character R,,rIla =, q a
cbit'sIeu years before that tba ne Hde
sti-g.tLy mad passed; but fhe feuS6sI OF
ed ms OF the southern states oual m
o., "IlOilg so much evil 49, ~ OSeIN-