page_title: Lunsford L. Lomax
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Lunsford L. Lomax / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: Washington, May 28 - General Lunsford Lomax, one of the oldest surviving major generals of the Confederate cavalry, died here today aged 79. He was an intimate friend of Robt. E. Lee; The Marshall Messenger, Marshall, Texas, 28 May 1913, Wednesday, Page 1
context_page_description: Lunsford Lindsay Lomax was the fourth president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and an officer in the United States Army who resigned his commission to join the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War. He had maintained a close friendship with his West Point classmate Fitzhugh Lee, and served under him as a brigadier in the Overland Campaign. He was then given command of the Valley District, where he supervised intelligence-gathering operations by Mosby's Rangers.
context_section_description: Lomax died May 28, 1913 and was buried in Warrenton, Virginia.
caption: Death notice in the Marshall Messenger, 28 May 1913
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