The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-12
GEN'L. STRAHLS
REMAINS REMOVED.


Messrs. McGinnis and Shaw, repre-
senting the Dyersburg Camp, Con-
/ iederate Veterans, arrived IN CO.
iumbia this morning and, escorted
! by a committee from LeOnidas Polk
Bivouac aud William Henry Trous-
tale Camp, will 60 out to old St.
Johns Church, Ashwood, to-day,
where they will have the remains of
Gen. Otto French Strahl exhumed
! for removal to Dyersburg. lie is
! perhaps the last of the Confederate
leaders, who slept for many years
in the old church yard at ST. Johns.
I to be removed.
W hen the Confederate army was
} passing through Maury County, just
| before Hoods fatal mistake that
| brought on the erwhelming disas-
| ter at Franklin, Gen. Pat Cleburne,
riding at the head of his men, com
meuted on the great beauty of the
Ashwood country. The Pillows
and the Folks lived in almost royal
| splendor in the neighborhood then.
| Their handsome residences rose
amid groves of magnificent oaks,
! while on every side stretched away
/ the rich productive acres and beau
tiful landscape. When st. Johns
/ Church, with Its ivy-clad tower, was
reached, the beauty and the peace
fulness of the spot appealed to Gle
! ourne. He remarked to his men
that the shadow of impending death
was over him; that the battle to be
| fought within the next few minutes
would be his last, and when the end
/ came he wished to be laid TO rest in
st. Johns Church yard.
Cleburne fell at Franklin; Gen.
Adams, of Mississippi; Gen. Carter,
of Tennessee; Gen. Gist, Of South
Carolina; Gen. Strahl, of Tennessee,
and Gen. Granbury, Of Texas, all
fell fighting nobly for the Southern
faith and all were brought back to
Maury County for burial. Gen.
the Judge Dillahunty lot, and his
remains still rest in the beautiful
spot. The other Generals, in re-
spect to Cleburne's request, were
| buried at st. Johns Church, at Ash
wood, not far from the tomb of
Tennessee's first Episcopal Bishop,
Bishop Otey.
After many years Mississippi
claimed the dust of Gen. Adams;
the people of South Carolina had
/ Gen Gist's remains removed to the
home of his youth; by the influence
of Mrs. Naomi Moore, formerly
Miss Naomi Hayes, of Columbia,
a niece of President Polk, Pat Gle
burne's remains were taken to Hele-
ma, Ark, and handsome shaft was
erected to his memory.
The years rolled on and in 1898
copy of the Democrat, containing
an article in regard TO ST. Johns
Church and the -honOred dead sleep
ing there fell into the hands of
citizen of Granbury, Tex. A move
ment was put on foot and Gen.
GTanbury's remains were taken to
the Lone Star State. N ashville
American.
Gen. Strahl was from Ohio. He
came South when young man and
first settled at New Castle in Harde-
man County, Tennessee, then CEN
ter of education, engaging in the
profession of teaching, which he
followed for several years. Later,
he removed to Dyersburg and was
admitted to the bar, having prepar-
ed himself while resident of this |
county by reading law. When the
war between the States came on, |
he raised a company which became
d part of the Fourth Tennessee In
fantry, whose colonel he was made.
He was afterwards made brigadier
general. Mr.. S. A. Cunningham,
editor of the Confederate Veteran,
published at Nashville, was stand
ing by his side when he received
the wounds that caused his death.
Mr.. Cunningham says that in the
terrible hand to band fighting at
Franklin, Gen. Strahl was three
times wounded, directly after re-
eeiving the first wound the others
followed in quick succession. His
last order to his men was, "Keep
firing"
We understand that a monument
will be erected over his grave at
Dyersburg. There is a monument
o Gen. Strahl's memory in the
Episcopal Church at Bolivar, in the !
hape of costly and handsome me-
norial window.
Roll of Honor. c