The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-30
In NYeu1orian.
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Richmond. Va, Jan. 20, 1900.

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Among those who to-day mourn the
death Of General Thomas 4. Brander.
late commander of the Virginia division
Of the United Confederate Veterans. per-
haps none will do so more sincerely or
feel his loss more keenly. than we do,
the members Of his personal staff. All
Of us were his old comrades, his life
long friends and companions, and thus
linked to him by ties which could only
be broken by the rude hand Of death.
Deeply impressed with our sorrow, then.
we cannot allow this occasion to pass
without converting to his family TINS
imperfect testimonial Of our appreciation
OF our chief, our comrade and our friend,
as we'll asSof the loss sustained by Us
in his death.
The old saying. "The bravest are the
tenderest," was rarely more perfectly
exempiified than in the life and character
OF our dead friend.
he entered the ranks of the Confederate
army, and on almost every fielt7on which
the Army of Northern Virginia. was en-
gagged he bore a noble part He re-
turned from the war major OF artillery
in Pegrams battalion. a body conspicu-
Gus for gallantry even In that splendid
army and among all that host OF Ia
tr;ot To-. yes there was none accounted
more brave sand true than he whOss loss
we mourn to-day. We cannot here re-
count either the stirring and stormy
scenes OF war which shaped his military
life. or those through which he passed as
a citizen. SO often checkered by expert
ences both Of sunshine and OF sorrow:
but suffice it to say, that throughout
his eventfu1 life he bore himself as only
the brave. true man and Christian gen
tleman that he was. could have done;
and the epitaph OF one OF Englands
bravest and best soldiers might well be
ut To m less heCslIlSe he
fe1red God more
AS the ranking officer of the United
Confederate Veterans In this department,
he was at the head of all the movements
and of all the professions formed and
led to do honor to the Confederate cause
that cause, and we cheerfully bear tes-
ti1nony to the fidelity and ability with
which he performed every duty imposed
by these oft-recurring and sometimes
mournfui events in our city.
In short, no man loved the Confede:ate
cause or did more, as far as was able. TO
attest that love, both during and since
the close OF the war. than he; therefore,
be it
Resolved, First That in the death Of
General Thomas a. Brander the sur.
yiyors of the Confederates armies have
lost a comrade as conspicious for fidelity
to duty and bravery In war as he was
ing In times of peace. That our city has
los. one of its best citizens: one who
exemplIfied in all the the walks of life
that nobility OF character which marks
the true man and Christian gentleman
That We the members OF his personal
staff. feel with peculiar polgnancy the
grief now universal In our midst, occa-
stoned by his death.
Secondly That we hereby tender to his
Z family our deepest sympathie together
with the assurance that in the sorrow
which death has bSought to the house
hould OF our comrade, friend and chief,
we, and each of us. share common
grief, akin TO that only of those who were
..nearest and dearest" to him In life.
s GEO. l. CHRISTIAN.
s55 GEO. ]. ROGERS,
JAMES III. CAPERS,
sss s JOSEPH Y. BIDGOOD.
Ess J. TAYLOR ETiLySON.
syyILLIAaI NJ. EVANS,
JOSEPH BRYAN.