The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-10
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General Cullen A. Battle.

Editor Advertiser-l have just re- ceived the following telegram
 Greensboro, N. 6. April sth, 1905. Hon. Robert E. Park. Atlanta, Ga
 Father has fought his last battle and gloriously conquered. Through
 (signed) Henry W. Battle. When I say to you that l served with General Battle. the commander of the famous Battles Alabama Bri- gade. well known for long time as suppose that l was grieved to receive the above telegram from pr: Battle. the distinguished minister and accom- plished son of the gallant general. under whom fought, with the 12th Alabama Regiment. on the red old hills and rich valleys of Virginia.
 Many of your readers belonged to this gallant brigade. and they will death.
 General Battle spent most of his life. in Tuskegee, Ala. where for while he was captain of the Tuskegee Light Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Ala, of which Tennent Lomax, of Montgomery, was the first colonel. After the bat max was killed. Colonel Battle be- came commander of the regiment, and fought with 1t as It's colonel until af- ter the battle of Gettysburg, when he was promoted to Brigadier General upon the recommendation of General Rodes, our Major General, and General Lee.
 Many of my surviving comrades will remember the eloquent speeches made to each regiment of his brigade in the winter of 1884, when, in response to his patriotic addresses every man In each regiment stepped forward and volunteered to remain in the Confeder- ate army for the entire war. Battles Brigade was the first brigade to make this volunteer tender of services.
 I remember that Gen, Battle always | took a deep. personal interest in the members of his command. While dig | nified, he was very fatherly and kind 1 ly in his treatment of his officers and men. At one time he was the presi- dent of the Battles Brigade Christian Association, and I had the pleasure of serving with him as secretary of the | Association.
 During the battles of the 10th and 18th of May, I was very near him. In 1 fact on the latter day he made his headquarters most of the time with my company, which was the Macon Con federates." also from Tuskegee.
 In this brief tribute to the memory of this gallant and courteous soldier and gentleman, I cannot do justice to | him. but will leave it to some other add that Gen. Battle was wounded | several times during the war, recetv- | ing as I am told seven different wounds and had three horses shot from under Eim.
 He was elected to the United States 1 Congress after the war but was pre- vented from taking his seat by the reconstruction laws. He was member of the Alabama Constitutional Con vention and repeatedly sidential elector for his State. Recently he had completed a history of the 3rd Ala. Regiment. by appointment of the Ala History, and his picture had been asked for by the Daughters of the Confectionery to adorn the State capi- tol at Montgomery Gen. Battles on bama's best society, married Hon. John Gill Shorter, member of the Confeder- ate Congress and War Governor of Alabama His brother, now seventy D. D., LL. D., is an eminent author and educator. having been for seventeen years president of Mercer University
 Gen. Battles parents were North Carolinians, and he has been living IT the State of North Carolina with hi: son. Rev. H. w. Battle, D. D.
 His only 1 @eGghtsr Miss srG JeTnls' was Es a1 him during his illness.
 The General was seventy-eight year: of age, and 1t was thought that hi; strong constitution and great vitality might bear him safely through hii recent severe illness,
 The genuine Confederate General 1! becoming rare, and il IS our duty tC preserve these dramatic and noble re- minders of a sublime tragedy among us and our children as long as possi ble.
 Mrs. B. L. Willingham. ST.. of Ma con. Ga, Is the only daughter ant child of the late Governor Shorter who married the only sister of Gen
 It is a pleasant reflection to know that Gen. Battlec last days were quiet, peaceful and uncventful ones passed under the hospitable and kind ly roof of his eminent son, and h' received every attention possible dur ing his last hours at the Greensboro
 I have written these lines becaus, of my own anfeetionate regard fol my brigade commander, and l desired that his comrades and friends should hear something of his last hours There are those still living of the olt soldiers of Lees Army who will fee deep regret and read with profound est interest about this aged and dis tinguished Alabama soldier. Peace t' his memory!
 Sincerely yours,
 Robert F. Park.
 Atlanta, Ga. April 8, 1895.