8
THE BATTALION.
of the Western Division of Texas: As set forth in special
order of Februaiy 15, 1897, it becomes my painful duty to
announce the unexpected death of that noble and gallant sol
dier, statesman and comrade, Gen. L. 8. Ross. Here was a
man indeed! Great in peace and war, uniting in his person
the dauntless courage of the hero with the tenderness of a
woman; in the performance of duty, his every act was above
fear or reproach. He has answered to a higher roll calhand
has left behind a name illustrious in the history of his State,
and to be enshrined hereafter in the hearts of the sons and
daughters of our loved Southland so long as memory cherish
es and keeps alive the memories of her heroes. Comrades,
you will wear mourning for our dead comrade for thirty days.
By order of Joe G. Booth,
Brevet Major General Commanding Western Division ot Tex
as, United Confederate Veterans.
E. 51. Phelps, Col. and Assistant Adjutatant General.
Tribute of General Gordon.
General Order No. 198—
Headquarters United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans
La., January 8.—The lengthened shadows of 1897 have bare
ly disappeared before the dawn of 1898, when the mournful
news is wired that the silent reaper has gathered another
member of the commanding general’s staff into his harvest, a
great Confederate soldier of the west—that “taps” have
again sounded for one of the most conspicious actors in the
drama of 1861-1865—that the light of earth has forever faded
trom the eyes of one who was a beloved leader in the civic
and military history of the Lone Star State—that the angel of
death has taken by the hand and led away one who was a
hero in peace as well as in war—that at College Station, Tex
as, at 6.85 o’clock p. m., on the 3d instant, the great heart