Kenner Garrard

         Death of a Soldier.
 Gen. Kenner Garrard, the well-
known cavalry leader, who died at
Cincinnati last Thursday, was a 
brother of Col. J. Garrard of Cato,
in this county, and was 49 years of
age. He was a Kentuckian by
birth, but a life long resident of Cin-
cinnati. He graduated at West
Point in 1851. In 1861, Captain
Garrard was with the troops under
General Twiggs, in Texas, surren-
dered to the rebels, remaining un-
der parole until September, 1862,
resisting every opportunity of his
comrades to prove faithless to his
country. He made his way to
Washington with $20,000 of gov-
ernment funds in his pocket, which
was safely turned over to the gov-
ernment. He was appointed com-
mandant at West Point in
December, 1861, where he
remained until released from his
parole. Sunsequently as Colonel of
the One Hundred and Forty-
sixth N.Y. Vols., he took part in
the battles of Fredericksburg, Chan-
cellorsville and Gettysburg. After
the latter fight he was made Briga-
dier-General of Volunteers, and
Major of the Third United States
Cavalry. In December 1863, he
was made chief of the Cavalry Bu-
reau at Washington, but was the
next month, at his own request, re-
lieved from that duty to take com-
mand of the Second Division of
Cavalry in the Army of the Cum-
berland, under General Sherman.
General Garrard took an active part
in General Sherman's campaign,
from its commencement to the bat-
tle of Atlanta. He participated in
the battle of Nashville, under Gen-
eral Thomas. Since the war he has
lived in quiet in Cincinnati. He
was a man of large wealth and re-
fined tastes.