The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-29
FINAL EARTHLY
BATTLE LOST BY
GENERAL LOMAX
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and William f. Meredith, OF Washing
ton; Granville Gaines and DR.. Douglas.
OF Warrenton. and Frank r. Pemberton,
OF New York.
The funeral services will be conduct
ed by DR.. Hicks. OF the Episcopal
Church
His Distinguished Career.
Major General Lunsford Lindsay Lo-
max. Il distinguished officer of the Con-
federate States provisional army. who
rose from the rank OF captain to that
OF major general in the Army OF North
ern Virginia. was horn at Newport. r..
l.. the son of Mann Page LomaX, OF
Virginia. a major OF ordnance In the
United States Army. His mother
Elizabeth Lindsay. was descendant
OF Captain Lindsay, who commanded
company in the Light Horse Cavalry
OF Harry Lee during the Revolution.
and lost an arm in the War for indie
pendence. His father, also. was OF an
old Virginia family Young I.omaX
was educated in the schools OF Rich
mond and Norfolk. and was appointed
det-at-large. July /. 1852. to the
Military Academy at West Point, where
he was graduated July |, 1856. and
promoted 10 q brevet lieutenancy in
the Second Cavalry. He served on
frontier duty In Kansas. Nebraska and
that region, with promotion to second
lieutenant Of the First Cavalry. Sep
TENDER 30 1856 and first lieutenant
March 81 1861. until the secession of
his State from the United States. Re-
signing April %, 1861 he offered his
services to Virginia. and was appointed
captain In the State forces April IS.
He was at once assigned to the staff
of General Joseph Il. Johnston, as as
sistant adjutant general, and later was
transferred to the field of operations
beyond the Mississippi as inspector
general upon the staff of the gallant
Texan, BrigadierG General McCulloch.
who commanded a division of Van
Dorn's army After McCulloch fell he
was promoted Inspector general on the
staff of Major General Earl Van Dorm,
with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He served in this capacity from July,
1862. until October, when he was made
inspector-general of the Army of East
Tennessee. While with the Western
| armies he participated in the battles
of Pea Ridge. Ark: Pennington and
Corinth. Miss; the first defense OF
Vicksburg from siege; Baton Rouge,
La; Spring Hill and Thompson Station,
| Tenn. ON February 8, 1863 he was
promoted colonel and called to the
Eastern campaigns. AS colonel of the
Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, i'm W. F.
Joness brigade, he participated in the
raid in West Virginia, and the subse-
quent Pennsylvania campaign, includ-
ing the battles of Brandy Station. Win
chester. Rcctor's. Crossroads, Upper
Vile, Gettysburg and Buckland. On
July 90. 1868. he was promoted brlga-
dier-general and assigned to the COM
mand of n brigade of cavalry organ
lied for him of the Fifth. Sixth and
Fifteenth Virginia Regiments and the
First Maryland Cavalry. Under his
command this brigade was ono of the
principal factors In the subsequent op-
erations OF Fitz Lees divisions in
Guiding the fighting at Culpeper Court
house. Morton's Ford. the second on
counter at Brandy Station, Tods Tav-
ern. the Wilderness campaign. Cold
llarhor. Yellow Tavern. Reams's Sta.
ton and Trevlian's. His gallant and
cool leadership In these important en-
gagements led TO his promotion. Au-
gust 10. 1864, to the rank OF major
general He WA given command Of q