St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
IN MEM0RIUM.
JOSEPH l.. DICKS.

Headquarters Gen. Geo. Moorman
Camp No. 270, U. c. V.
Vaudeville, La, July 8, 1901.
The sounds of woe are scarcely
hushed, and the sable hues of
mourning not yet laid aside for
comrades Hosmer, Cook and
Munich, when st. rammany is again
called upon to mourn the loss of
one of her old heroes of the sixties.
Another old Confederate sol
der has crossed over into the great
beyond, to JOIN Lee, and Jackson,
and the Johnstons, Beauregard
and the hosts of the rank and file
of that Immortal Army who are
encamped in the Great White
Tents upon the Other Shore.
At p. NJ. on Sunday, the 30th
day OF June, the spirit of Joseph
l.. Dicks, fearless and law-abiding
citizen, loyal friend, ex.Justice of
the Peace, brave aud heroic Con-
federate Soldier, Captain and Com
mander of Gen. Geo. Moorman
Camp No. 27o, La. Div. U. 9. VS..
took Its flight into fadeless realms.
Therefore II is ordered, by
Camp No. 27o, That the following
resolutions prepared by the "Mor-
tuary Committee, - as loving trl-
bate to the memery of our departed
Comrade and Commander, Joseph
l.. Dicks, be spread upon the min
utes of the Camp.
1t is also further ordered, That
copy of these resolutions be sent
to the family of our deceased
Comrade; and that the St. Tam
many FARMER he requested to pub
lish the same.
Resolved, That it is sad duty
which the few survivors of the
lost cause owe to posterlty, to
themselves, and to their comrades,
as they :.Cross Over the River
to pay all the honor possible to
their memory, and to see that their
imperishable deeds are recorded
and handed down to posterity.
Resolved, That this Camp
mourns, and with the deepest sor-
row records the death Its Com
mander, Major Joseph l.. Dicks,
who served bravely and honorably
as a Confederate soldier through
out the entire war; and who acted
with honor and ability as COM
mander OF Gen. Geo. Moorman
Camp No. 27o, La. Div. U. c. VS.
from it's organization up to his
death, and in both positions merit
Ing the encomium "well done, thou
good and faithful servant.
At the call of his native State,
Louisiana, in the Sixties, summon
ing her sons to answer in her de-
Tense, young Dicks promptly re-
sponded, enlisting from St. Tam
many, and as member of the IA
nous Washington Artillery and in
other commands followed the for
tunes of the Army of Tennessee
all through its respondent career,
was in all its hardships, triumphs,
and defeats, was severely wounded
at Chickamauga, conspicuous for
his gallantry in the battles of
Jackson, Miss, Chickamauga aud
Spanish Fort, and reformed splen-
did service in nearly all Of the
sanguary battles, fought by that
grand and historic army; all of
which with his continuous and
honorable service to the end of the
war, inscrlbes his name high upon
the roll of honor.
Comrades! 1t has been nearly
forty years since the commence.
ment of the great war between the
States, and over thirty-six since
the last gun was fired; and the mu-
tations of time, IN that period have
MADE great changes in the history
of the world. Empires have van
ished, new dynasties have arisen,
new armies have been created, and
many great battles fought, and
lost and won; but contelnporaneous
historians have placed the fame Of
the Confederate Soldier and his