The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

prayer tudt IeucwCo our love and patriotism for our South land.
 Last but not least was a basket collec- ton taken up by two old veterans for the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek. Ala. We. the committee. return thanks to the participants who so nobly assisted us and for the liberal contribution.
 Mrs, W. q. Davis.
 Miss Mamie Griffin.
 Miss Sara AIarable.
 Miss Mary Jim Black.
 Mrs G. F. Burnett,
 Committee. Col. Tennent Lomax and the Sd Ala.
 Regiment in the Battle of
 Seven Pines.
 Tennent Iomax, the gallant command CT of the Cd Alabama Regiment In the Battle of Seven Pines. was descended from two colonial families of Pennsylva- mia and the Caroiinas. It was his moth- CTS ancestor. Rev. Wm. Tennent. Presbyterian minister. who, in 112i. es- tablished the Log College, which. as Judge Jos. Allison said. 'bloomed into Princeton College and the great Prince. ton University" His father was Vim. Lomax. a lawyer and legislator of South Carolina. On September 2o, 1920, Tennent Lonax was born in Abbeville District. $. C., and received his education in his native State. He removed to Alabama In his early manhood, and devoted himself to the study of law, but the Mexican War interyupted his studies. He raised a com pany and was elected Captain. Joining Seibel's Battalion. his company was sent to Orisaba, Mexico. and he was made Military Governor When there, it is said. he led an expedition of sixty men to scale the extinct volcano of Orizaba, but all his men became exhausted. and he alone reached the summit and planted there the Stars and Stripes At the close of the Mexican War, Captain Lo- max returned to Eufaula, Ala, resumed his law studies and married a sister of Gov. John G. Shorter. His wife died soon afterward, and he removed to Co., tumbus, Ga, where he became proprie- tor and editor of The Times and Sentinel. In 1857 he returned to Alabama and mar red Mrs. Carrie Billingsiea Shorter, who still survives him. For time he de- voted himself to farming, but in 1S60 when living in Montgomery, he returned to pub lie affairs as a States Rights" Demo- crat. and made eloquent speeches for the Brecknridge ticket.
 About the 1st of May. 1881. the 3d Ala bama Regiment. the memory of which is so dear to the heart of most Mobilians. was organized at Montgomery. and was composed of ten companies. four from Mobile, two from Montgomery one from Union Springs, one from Tuskesee, one from Eufaula. and one from Lowndes- boro, all members of the State Guards, and fairly we'll dr'ils6 These companies were made up of splendid material, repre- sentatives of the best families of the State. When organized Jones M. Withers of Mobile. was chosen Colonel. Ten nent Lornax of Montgomery, Lieutenant Colonel and CuIlom A. Battle of Tus- kegee, Major. The Regiment was or dered to Virginia. and went direct to Lynchburg, where it was mustered into the Army of the Confederate States. It was supposed at that time that the first attack Of the enemy would be at Norfolk, and the Regiment was ordered there, where 1t did garrison duty for nearly a year. being brigaded with Virginia troops under command of General Malone. This duty proved very irksonne to the en- tire Regiment, and repeated applications were forwarded to the War Department asking that 1t be sent to the front. Col onal withers having been promoted after serving only a few months, Lieutenant Colonel Lomax was advanced to the rank of Colonel, and immediately showed his ability as a drill master and disciplina- rian He soon had the Regiment in such a fine condition as to have it said by Major General Huger that it equaled any regiment of regulars in the U. s. Army. About the 35th of May. 1862. 1t was determined to evacuate Norfolk, and Ma hone'B Brigade was ordered to Richmond, which was being threatened by the Union Army under General Mcclellan. While in tNEI NhA nI miration of the citizens and the great pride of Alabamians by its perfection in drill. On Saturday. May 3ist General Mcclellan having succeeded in getting a part of his army across the Chicka- hominy River. (which was very much swollen by heavy rains). Gen. Jos. F. Johnston. then in command of tho Con- federate forces. determined to attack, hoping to destroy this part of the Union Army before 1t could be reinforced. In this General Johnston was only partially successful on Saturday. and both armies lay upon their arms that night, waiting to renew the struggle the next morn ing June 1st. Mahone's Brigade was not engaged on Saturday and so was given the front on Sunday. and began the at- tack. Then it was that the members of the 3d Alabama were given an opportun- ity to show their metal and the good ef feet of the splendid training given them by their Colonel. The Regiment which was the Color Regiment of the Brigade. led by him routed two strong lines of the enemy and succeeded in pushing them back fully one and A half miles, when a third line was met. This the then de- pleted line of Confederates found impos- sible to move. It was at this point that the gallant soldier Tennent Lomax. fell. The lines had been halted and from the thick undersrowth in front cries of Cease firing. you are firing on friends" were heard. Colonel LomaX gave the order to cease. and passing through the centre of the Regiment said to my father as he passed. Hold on. Captain, until I see who these men are" These were the last words spoken by him, for he had ad- vanced through the bushes but a few paces when d volley was fired by the treacherous enemy. and Lomax. the idol ized commander of the Sd Alaba ma, fell, and the Regiment was almost cut to pieces. He was loved by every man in the Regiment for he made an ideal com mander. He was man of great kind ness of heart. fine personal appearance, and known gallantry. He was said to know every man in the Regiment by