The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-21
LAST SCION OF
HON0RED + AM|LY.
Major Powhatan Ellis Answers
to the Soldiers Last
Retreat
SERVED With DISTINCTION
Tribute OF General Stephen d.
Lee Paid to the Veterans
Service.

Iuo funeral or MaJprl GoWH9tlu sis,
who died Friday nigh. In tho residence
OF lila p.eces, tho atisscs Munfosd, No.
az West FRANKLIN Street, will take place
Tomorrow at IL o'clock from the resi-
dencc. 1,lie in.t:taeat Will be IN Shoekoo
til Ccuctcg9
Afaio. ELS a. 3fdaiy connected u;id
leaypa n nozt o.. fc!a.lrcs He wan tho
last OF his scne;p;is.,, ca Ito mover mar
fled. He WAC Tho brother OF Mrs. Mum
ford. N,rs. rsIohe.l /. Cooke, Mrs, beverly
Tucker oolonr! Thomas II. Ellis aud
Mai Charles Ellis, who WAS TT ono time
president OF the old Richmond and Fred
ericksburg railroad. He is survived pS
number OF nieces and nephews, one oil
The latter being Rev. Beverly u. Tucites.
VI Norfolk. Va.
A Gallant Soldier.
Major Powhutan Ellis entered the Con-
fcde,1,te States army in 1854 as hrst lieu.
tenant of Company ID. paaucan. Ky. re
was made adtutant OF the regiment, ana
served rs such until late in The year OF
lSdl, when he was made a. A. genera W
General Lloyd Ilighmun, who was killed
mt the battle or Bakers Creek, near
NicAsbIrg. ~ a..
l.acpurne., OF Arkansas. ae was y she e.,
General Leonidas Polk. coinmander OIL tas
i5ep,.tment OF -Alabsnla Mississippi ana
i1..st louisiana. Ne was temporarily ad-
juiant-seneral to General DICK Taylor,
and Was then transferred to tennessee,
where ne served With General stephen ~.
oepar,inent. He became a. a. Y: TO d en-
eiiii ~ b. Forrest, VINO cointnanded the
neparlment as well as the cavalry.
In Many Engagements.
Major ELLIS was at the battle of
Corinth Fort Donelson and many of the
engagements of the army OF the South
west.
He had an accurate memory, and was
thoroughly acquainted with the opera
tons of the Confederate armies In the
Mississippi department. He had In his
possession many valuable papers, among
them several orders of General Forrest.
The following. collected from II letter
from General Stephen ID. Lee, gives some
idea of the high esteem in which Major
ELLIS was held by his former commander:
Il have received the three pictures repre-
senting the three arms of the Confed-
crate service-artillery, cavalry and in
fantry-sent TO me by your uncle Major
Powhatan Ellis and ! assure YOU | am
deeply sensible of his kind thoughtfulaess
in remembering me. l remember him most
wildly as one of the most earnest. zeal
Gus and competent staff officers | had
with me during the war. Please give
him my affectionate regard as a comrade
and friend"
The following account of his experience
ct Fort Donelson, which he dictated some
time ago will be of interest:
no UbI KNOW WUdl OTutIs lpuCklleT
received. but the plan was to move out
and attack the enemy on their right flank
and drive them back until we came to
the main road from Fort Donelson 10
Fort Henry. and there Buckner was to
io;n us. and our army was to make forced
marches to Nashville up the main road
between Tennessee and the Cumberland
River. all OF which was successfully car
ried out until We Joined Buckner, who
snid that his men Were so broken down
by exposure they had undergone during
the siege and the terrible weather-rain.
snow and hail-that they could not stand
the march.
'.The first move was Friday morning.
On Saturday the same move was at
tempted. without success. and that eve
ming we returned to the breastworks. and
the surrender took place Saturday morn
ing.
II left on the boat with Pillow and
FLOYD. had been with Tigman but he
was taken prisoner some days before at
Fort Henry, General r. Johnson during
the fighting OF Friday, but on Saturday
he was attached to no one.
After my escape reported to Cen
pral Hardee. who assigned me to General
Clehurne, then a colonel commanding a
brigade"