The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-26
THE LAST ROLL CALL ANSWERED.

THE LAST ROLL CALL ANSWERED..
j. F. Collins, Confederate veteran,
aged seventy-four years, died in Madison
County, Va, on March IA.
George M. Pomfrey, sixty five years old,
died at New Kent, Va, March Is. He
served in the Third Regiment Of Virginia
Cavalry from 1851 to 1866.
Captain Hansell Pinckney Wells died in
Shreveport Friday morning in the seventy
fifth year Of his age. During the war he
was captain Of Company B, Third Louisiana
Cavalry.
DR.. R. l.. Barrett, prominent physician
and surgeon, died at Louisa, Va, March
II, aged seventy-five years. In 1861 he
was appointed surgeon in the Confed-
crate Army.
DR.. A. H. Cannaday died of la grippe at
Floyd, Va, on March 10. He practiced his
profession at Floyd for about forty five
years, and during the Confederate War was
an assistant surgeon at Atlanta, Ga.
Honore Roman Laigre, aged sixty EIGHT
years, died in Florida on last Friday. He
was native of Iberville Parish, and
Confederate veteran, serving throughout
the entire war in SCOTS Louisiana Regi-
ment.
DR.. Alfred S. Gates, prominent physi-
clan of Franklin, st. Mary Parish, died in
that place last Thursday night, after
long illness, in the sixty sixth year of his
age. He served throughout the war in the
Confederate service.
James Lally died in New Orleans on
March Is. He was born in that city in
1889. AS a member of the Crescent Blues
he went direct to the Army of Virginia,
participating in the first battle of Manassas
and serving the Confederacy faithfully
until the end of the war.
Prof. J. R. Graves, noted educator,
died at Lexington, KY, on March 10, after
an illness of several weeks, which began
with an attack of grip and developed into
a complication of diseases. He was born
in Fayette County, KY, in 1882 and for
twenty-five years had been principal in
the Lexington schools. During the Civil
War he served as Confederate soldier in
a Missouri regiment.
Col. John Walter Fairfax died in Prince
William County, Va, Sunday, in his eight
ieth year. He was a well-known veteran
of the Civil War, having held the rank of
Colonel in the Confederate Army. In 1864
he succeeded COL Sorrell as ranking officer
OF the staff Of Gen. James Longtreet. Ow-
ing to his dash and gallantry, Col. Fairfax
has been characterized in history as
"Longstreet's fighting aide.''
Col. Robert Hough, veteran of the Con-
federacy, died suddenly in Baltimore on
the 18th instant, in the seventy-seventh
year of his age. At the outbreak of the
war Col. Hough served as a volunteer aid
to Gen. R. E. Lee. He was later trans
ferred to the staff of Gen. Albert Sidney
Johnston, and toward the close Of the war
served as an aid on the staff of Gen. E.
Kirby Smith in the Trans Mississippi De-
partment.
DR.. Joseph Pope, aged lightweight years,
dean Of the law school Of the University of
South Carolina, and one of the three sur
vivors of the Ordinance of Secession, died
at his home in Columbia, S. c., Saturday,
as the result of old age. During the Civil
War DR.. Pope was chief of the revenue
department and superintendent Of the cur
rency under the Confederate Government.
He founded the law school at the UNIVERSE
ty quarter of a century ago, remaining
at the head of that department until his
death.