“Courage and honor his characteristics as soldier and citizen.”
Resolved, That the John B. Gordon Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Atlanta, Georgia, has heard with great sorrow of the death of General James Longstreet, which occurred at his home at Gainesville, Georgia, on the 2d day of January, 1904.
His life was one of fealty and devotion to the cause for which he fought, while courage and honor were his characteristics both as soldier and citizen.
It can truthfully be said of him: He was great among our many illustrious leaders of the Confederate States army,—than which there can be no higher tribute paid to man,—and after having bravely served his country during its darkest hours, accepting the arbitrament of the sword in a spirit that history now adjudges to have been commendable, he became a good citizen of our reunited country.
Resolved, That as an expression of the high regard in which we, the sons of the men who followed the lead of this great captain, hold his services to our Southland as a soldier, and as a testimonial of our regard for his character as a man, direct that these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of our Camp, and further that the secretary be directed to forward a copy of the same to the family of the deceased, with whom we sympathize in the hour of sad bereavement to which Providence in His wisdom subjects them.
H. F. West, Chairman,
Hugh W. Dorsey,
C. H. Essig,
W. B. Ladvall,
A. J. McBride, Jr.,
Committee.
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