The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-27
MAKING OFFICER
Of THE VETERANS
!. Surviving Major Gener-
w. al of the War.
LIE. M. Laws Record is Notable
Is'' For Its Achievements.

no during the Confederate Vet
lamp ra,,,nion has had the honor of
ea ,sarstaining the ranking officer Attn, at the
eetasaaderate Veterans OF the United
Gonlsu'lG General E. M. Law, of Bar
Sate s',,o holds higher title than any
pT WIN nurviyor of the southern forces
l7l lss WI war of the sixties: General
y ut i tightly proud of his position
I'T . p Only recently he refused
90 lan of his comrades to fill the
ts lsit surp Of commander-in-chief of the
iaIlOns' short and impressive speech
,l IN Law said, 81 have become
Gsa 0aSsad of a greater honor than
e 9e:s'I one of which any man might
nh " f Ga proud. 1t is this-that
Vsa,a sr 60 among veterans of the
vSlns efsd states army, know that
o am the ranking officer. l could
i t no greater honor"
General Law is a native OF South
, wilma, He was born in Darling
lai't in 1896, and after his boyhood
9 Isn, o, graduated from the South Caro-
S sss State Military college. In 1860
!. ~" vent to Tuskegee to establish a
iI TSis distinguished old gentleman
-, iH. soldier was one of the first in
.aa sonth to answer the call to the
w. and when Florida seeded in
, sSS he was on the ground at Pehsa-
wa at the head of a company OF Ala
tomo ~ volunteers. After the Con-
s .ailr was formed and after Sum-
.sr had fallen, General Law, then a
sptain. reorganized his troops and
.ap'" elected iieutenant-colonel Of the
T S"p Alabama regiment and pro
s sI to Harper's Ferry under the
~mmord of Col. T. ]. Jackson, none
o stIl,' than the famous "Stonewall."
'" Later General Laws regiment be-
o ns'I part of Lees brigade, and
General Law played an important part
| N tbe battle in which General Bee was
tIed He was painfully wounded in
t a' engagement, and after his recov-
srv was elected colonel of the regl-
mont and went through many a hard
dav in the great peninsula campaign
In the engagement at Seven Pines
bs was made senior colonel of his brl-
cade and was in the thick of things
n the seven days fight around Rich
mOnd from Gaines Mill to Malvern
| Hill.
against Pope, Col. Law was at the
head head Of his forces in the battle OF
Manassas. later taking part in the IN,
nsion into Maryland, and finding 8
race in the center of things in the
BATTLES of Boonesboro and Sharpes'
5rrg In October, 1862, he was made
migader-general and during thai
wear was engaged in the battle Of
fredericksburg.
In the Longstreet-Suffolk campaign
in 1863, General Law played an I'M
pOrtant part, and later in the same
year took a position at Gettysburg
When General Hood was wounded
General Law took command of the en-
fire division. and for his splendid, he
roic and efficient work was compIIl
mented by General Longstreet. IN tn
famous attack on the "Round Tops
and in the repulse of Kilpatrick'5 Fed
eral cavalry division, he earned spo
cal mention for his bravery.
Later in that year, General Lay
was transferred to the western army
and commanded division in the bat
lie of Chickamauga, General Long
street once more commencing him TO
distinguished conduct in the comman
Of the division. =.
In the night battle at Wauhatchl
and other strenuous engagement!
General Law was usually in the tine
Of the shot and shell. During Long
streets East Tennessee campaign h
rejoincd the army of northern WI
ginia under the famous Robert +. lie
in 1864 at the beginning of the Wi
demess campaign. In the battles
the Wilderness General Law playe
an important part. In the last bl
battle of the campaign on June
1854, at Cold Harbor, General Law
the head of two brigades, repulsed II
fierce attack of the entire FEEDER
corps of General F. w. Smith with
hldeOus loss. He was painfully al
Seriously wounded in the fray and Il
several long months was unable