The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-24

the general army Of the confederacy, and
IN June, 1861, was promoted to lieutenant
/ colonel in command Of the Tenth Regi-
ment Of Georgia Volunteers. Williams
! burg, Va, was the first place he
was stationed for service with his
J regiment. In September he was appoint
! ed brgadler general in the provisional
army, and soon afterwards proceeded
/ with his command which was made a d.
vision a little later 10 YOung's mill. Soon
/ afterwards other brigades were added 10
I his command KeTshaw's, Barkdale' 5,
/ Cobb's and Semmes.
! Soon after the arrival of the army at
/ Richmond Gen. Johnston recommended
I the promotion of Gen. McLaWs to major
general and as such he fought with his
division at Malvern Hin and Savage 5
station. 1t was at Fredericksburg that
Gen. McLaws was placed in command of
I a corps, consisting of his own and Gen.
r. II. Andersons divisions
At Fredericksburg the forces under Gen.
MeLaws were posted along the bank of
the RappahannOck, opposite the city and
on Marye's Hill, where. from sunken
road. they drove back the national troops.
At Charlottesville it was his division that
formed the right wing Of the confederate
force.
At Gettysburg his division formed part
Of Gen. James Longstreets corps, which
upon Gen. Daniel Sickel's corps and other
troops in the second days fight.
At Knoxville Gen. McLaws, with much
reluctance. carried out the orders OF Gen.
Longstreet TO assault Fort Saunders, and
withdrew from the attack when he saw
that success was impossible. lie was sub
sequenty brought before a courtmartial
which upheld him and justified his action
in every particular. He was chief in com
mand q Salem church. where he defeated
Gen Sedgwicks attack
During the invasion Of Sherman and his
army, Gen. McLaws commanded the mill
tary district of Georgia, conducting the de-
Tense Of Savannah and subsequently fall
ing back on the line of the Salkehatchie,
where he attempted to check
Sherman's northward march and
resisted successfully the crossing
OF the federal troops over the three
bridges successfully. He afterwards COM
manded division at the battle of Averys-
borough, ". c., March 16 1865, and also al
Goldsborough on March p, the same year,
but after that was sent back to Augsta
TO resume command of the district of Geor-
gia Before he reached Augusta, however,
Gen. Lee had laid down his sword at Apo
mattoX, and when a few days later Gen.
johnston surrendered, the command of Gen
McLaws was likewise surrendered, Gen.
Johnstons command including that of
Gen. McLaWs.
Since the war Gen. McLaws has for the
greater part of his life been identified with
the business interests of Savannah He
was appointed collector of internal reve-
nue. a this port in 1875, and held the office
for year. when he was made postmaster
Of this city.
In November, 1886, he opened a series of
lectures by northern and southern mill
tary leaders, which was instituted by the
Grand Army of the Republic of Boston,
His subject was "The Maryland Cam
paign."
Gen. McLaws lived and died thorough
confederate. He never repented or re-
GREETED the part he had taken in the war,
except the failure of the south to succeed.
He was solder to the day of his death,
speaking his mind plainly and promptly
upon all matters connected with the late
war. and especially anxious that the ex-
act truth should be told in all matters per-
tanning to that conflict In his lectures
and in the papers read by him before the
Confederate Veterans Association of this
city he contributed much valuable his
torical information. One of his last eff
forts Of this kind was to prepare and par
TALLY read a paper upon the campaign at
ter Chicamauga which paper was to have
been read in fun before some future meet
ing of the association. The paper is In
the possession of the association, and will
be printed in Its next annual volume