The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-17

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Baptist church and Rev Smith Har-
din of the Methodist church. Beau
tiful and affecting tributes were paid
to his memory.
The funeral services were attended
by a large number of citizens, quite
a number of Confederate comrades,
the Daughters of the Confederacy at
tending in a body.
! The floral offerings were abundant
and beautiful bearing evidence Of
the esteem in which he was held by
his comrades and friends.
I His body was accompanied to his
old home in North Carolina. by Mr.
L. NJ. Murray 1t was met by a large
( concourse Of friends and neighbors.
and was laid to rest with Masonic
! ceremonies After a memorial ser
vice in the Reformed church, his pas,
tor paid touching eulogy to his
earthly pilgrimage which was ilIum-
mated all along the way BY kindly
deeds.
At the time of the death or Com
rade Mcintosh the following sketch
of him appeared in the Ocala Banner
which your committee thinks worthy
ito he appended here to;
"More and more the chin gray
line Is vanishing from view and the
places that knew them viii know
them no more forever, but they are
leaving behind them an illuminated
page in the worlds history that viii
not grow dim by the fierce struggle
! in which we are now engaged. full
as it. is of so many daring deeds that
are so worthy of panegvric.
! "It has been said. and justly said
/ by one who fought on the opposing
side that the Confederate soldier set
the world record for the devotion to
cause. His fame is eternal, He
enlisted for life or death Heserved
practically without pay He lived on
half rations and much Of the time on
no rations at all He did not look the
| fighting man thai ne was, He had
neither training nor discipline He
was lean. sun-burned bearded and
often bare-footed and ragged His
arms were antiquated, but despite
which he fought on to the very last
ditch. because he believed he was
fighting for his home and was buoyed
and inspired by the loved ones there
and his deeds are now the cherished
memory of a nation The story Of
his sacrifices are now serving as an
inspiration and benedjction to his
descendants on the soil Of France
Captain Mcintosh enlisted as a
private in the Fifth North Carolina
cavalry. He was twice wounded
once in his mouth, which partly par
alyzed his tongue, and again in his
body. which affected his spinal col
umn. He rose from the ranks to the
command of his company. It is glory
enough to say that he fought with the
brave and dashing Stuart who was
at all times ready for any venture
and was always sanguine of success.
The halo of glory that rested
about the brow Of 'Jeb' Stuart was
made possible by the courage Of those
under him like Capt. Mcintosh, who
was stranger to fear.
part Of the time he was also with
that legion led by that brilliant Chew
alier Bayard Of the Lost Cause. Wade
Hampton of South Carolina. whose
record is imperishabe
Modest and unassuming as he was
in civil life one would never have sus-
pected that Capt. Mcintosh had par
ticipated in so many brilliant and
dangerous deeds as ilIustrious as in
any war
"COmrade Mcintosh attended the
late reunion of Confederate Veterans
at Tulsa. Oklahoma He felt that it |
would be the last he would ever at
tend and his omen proved all too true,
He was taken sick there, was brought |
home on a cot and gradually grew
worse until death relieved him from
his sufferi1gs,
"Of aim it could be proudly SAID
'The old Confederate Veteran, we
know him as he stands.
And listens for the thunder of far-of7
battleiands
He hears the crash of musketry. the
smoke rolls like sea,
For he tramped the fields with Stone
wall and climbed the heights
with Lee