The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-08

IN Ouc0 . cou0lct ~ mat o. SreuAhh
MsSrsphieai Fssts.
The salient points In his history are
briefly these:
He was born In tho County Of 0iles
Tennessee IN the year 1885. and reared
chiefly In Texas and Mississippi He
graduated at tho Western Military In
stitute At Nashville in 1889. then under
the management Of Bushrcd Johnson.
aftsrward q general In the Confederate
army. He was engaged In his PROBES
sion, that OF civil engineering. up TO
the beginning of the war. He enlisted
a. q soldier In June. 1851, In the ca
pacity of drillmaster OF the Eleventh
Tennessee Infantry Regiment suisse
quently niling the positions OF captain.
lieutenant-colonei and colonel In this
command.
On the Atlanta campaign IN 1894 he
was appointed brigadier-generA snd
commanded vsughan's Brigade until
his capture at Franklin In November.
1854. Though captured three times and
once badly wounded. he participated In
every engagement fought by his com
mands except those OF Nashville and
Bentonville. N. c.. during which time
he was a prisoner ut Fort Warren.
Mass, where he was hsla until August.
1895.
Upon his release from prison he
studied law and practiced his profes-
sion until 1ssa. when he was appoint
ed on the State Railroad Commission.
In 1855 he received an appointment
in the Interior Department of the gov
eminent and servea for four years
under President Cleveiand--in the In
dian Territory. After this he resumed
the practice OF law In the city OF
Memphis. until the year 1892. when
he was elected superintendent OF the
city schools. which position he held IN
til March, 1891, when he resigned TO
take hts seat in Congress-.
lie was ma;or-Seneral commanding
the Tennessee Division of the Fedora
ton OF United Confederate Veterans.
serving as such for the period OF
eight years. At the Gate OF his death,
which occurred at his home In Mem
phix in 1911. he was commander-in-
chief Of that organization ana member
OF Congress- OF the United States.
BesztffulA Ealegy.
cannot better close this sketch than
by citing the last page OF the bcauti-
ful eulogy passed upon his Ire and
character by his friend and comrace.
Judge L B. Mcfarland. of Memphis.
delivered before the Association OF
Veterans at its annual
meeting on May 6. 1917. at Macon, Ga
while gradually sinking to the great
beyond. his thoughts were with you.
and he wrote you a last farewell. and
that I VIII read to you from his own
pencil:
ITO the Federation OF United Con
federate Veterans. Comrades and Coun-
trymen: About TO die. ! salute you.
and In bidding you q finai farewell
Il m
est acknowledgements and to express
M heartfelt gratitude TO you for the
many manifestations of your partiaiit;
and devotion. evidenced b. the many
honors that you have conferred upon
me, and more especially for the last
profound and exalted distinction with
which you have crowned me-that OF
making me your commander-tn-ch chief
] esteem this last expression Of your
regard and consideration grander and
more glorious distinction than all Of
the combined public plaudits, achieve
rnents, decorations and honors of my
entire life. and for which / would ex-
press my thanks and appreciation from
the grave. What patriotic glory can
equal that OF being the commando
in chief OF the surviving and venerable
fragments Of those brave and heroic
armies, who for four try
ing and perilous years maintained the'r
cause against odds of more than iour
TO one and who fought battles ana
won Victories when barefocted. rsgged
and hungry. ana who AZ last were
more by the preponder-
nee of numbers and resources than by
courage snd prowess-more by famine
than By lighting.
This last farewell to you was never
finished.
"Here. my comrades. the pulse Of life
throebed low; his feeble hand could
write no more. and In few days his
noble spirit winged It's flight to Join
again. we rope. his comrades gone
before, all TO await our speedy coming
in the great reunion hereafter.