At a meeting of the George W. Johnson Camp, Confederate Veterans’ Association of Kentucky, to take in consideration the death of Lieutenant-General James Longstreet, the following resolutions were reported and adopted:
Resolved, That in the death of General Longstreet has passed from the stage of action one of the central and most prominent figures of our late war.
Resolved, In him we recognized one of the ablest and most gallant soldiers of the lost cause.
Resolved, As commander of one of the corps of the Army of Northern Virginia his name is inseparably connected with the glory that rightly gathers about the achievements of that immortal organization.
Resolved, True and faithful to his every conviction of duty, and unswerving in his devotion to his country and people in the hour of their supremest trial and need, his name deserves to be enrolled among the immortals of our Southland.
Resolved, That we extend to the bereaved family our deepest sympathy, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family and to the Confederate Veteran.
A. H. Sinclair,
Commander.
Elley Blackburn,
Adjutant.
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(Tennessee Division, Daughters of the Confederacy.)
“Mankind will find no brighter page of history than that written by Longstreet’s corps.”