The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-12
Old TineS in Grenada County
By r Ct. DAVIS


T. B. Ford; Choctaw Guards, Lieut.. r
G. Prewitt; McClung Rifles, Capt. NJ
Farrell; Winona Stars, Capt. Thos
Booth; LongStreet Rifles, Capt. e. S
Terrell; Quitman Rifles, Capt. VIM
Collins. Field and Staff officers: w
S. Statham, colonel; E. G. Walthall
Lieut.. colonel; S. b. Dennis, major
j. r.. Binford, adjutant; G e. Arm
stead, quarSer-master; j. w. Wade
commiSsary; DR.. e. r. Armstead, sur
geon; DR.. e. p. Roby, assistant sur
geon: III. III. Patton, Serg't major; M.
w. Gage, first assistant surgeon; j. r,
Coffmap, second assistant surgeon; J.
S. McCorkle, third assistant surgeon:
w. N. Archer, regimental ensign.
Col. Walter Scott Statham, after
Gen. Felix Zollicoffer fell at Fishing
Creek, was put in command of his
brigade, and at the battle Of Shiloh,
by his gallantry won his promotion as
brigadier general. Gen. Statham was
sent with his brigade to the defense
of V~icksburg in July, 1862, where he
died of malarialfever on the thirtieth
of that month, aged thirty years.
Gen. Statham was a native of
Georgia, a 0 Of DR.. Augustin Stat
ham, and on his fathers side was re-
lated to Jefferson Davis and on that
of his mother to l.. Q. c. Lamar. He
moved with his parents to what is
now Grenada county in 1912. He was
a graduate of-and in 1856 q
tered upon what gave promise of a
brilliant careerin the legal profession,
and was married in 1858 to Miss An
ME V. Elliott, of this place, who was
a niece Of the confederate commodore.
/. n. Brown.
As Gen. Statham was on his way to
VickSburg with his brigade in June,
1862, he stopped at his fathers home
near Grenada to take a last farewell,
and as he knelt by that dying fathers
bedside the tears came into his eyes
as he recounted the-charge of Brock
enridge at Shiloh; and how they saw
the enemy almost ready to surrender,
and n o charge would have re-
in the capture of Grant'sarmy,
but for the fatal order Of Beauregard
to fall back. Dir. Statham placing
his hand on the head of his kneeiing
son, said, THE enemy have the
world to recruit from. They will buy
IN army strong enough TO encircle
US like a huge boa constructor, and
eventually crush our army by all the
devices of war, but never must one of
our blood turn his back to a foe"
They soon met beyond the river for
the venerable father passed away two
weeks before the death of this gallant
son.
Gen. Statham'S remains were |
brought to Grenada for interment, to
rest in the /. 0. O.. f. Cemetery, be-
side those of his little son, Elliotte
Winter, who died at the beginning of
the war. He was a man of lofty in
conspicuous ability, a gener-
BUS nature, and was faithful to every
duty. His memory is still fondly
cherished by his old comrades, who
we're devotedly attached to him.
The Fifteenth Mississippi Regi-
ment was soon after its formation &C
knowledged to be one OF the best reg
imentS in the confederate service, |
and on the disastrous field Of Fishing
Creek, where Zollicoffer fell, covered
Itself with glory, and by its gal
ant conduct won the highest plauditS
If the entire country. 1t was led on
this occasion by Lieutenant-C Colonel
Walthall, Col. Statham being absent.