If I were asked in what respects he was remarkable, I would answer, First in his broad patriotism and deep love of country. Although he was little more than a boy when Georgia, in which state his parents had settled, seceded and issued her call for her sons to take up arms in defense of principles which they knew to be right, young Sanders, who had received a splendid military training at the Georgia Military Academy, was one of the first to respond to his country’s call, and during all those years of carnage and bloodshed, he gave his best strength, mental and physical, to the cause of the Confederacy. For distinguished bravery and great ability in military matters, he was soon made Colonel of the 24th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers and in the battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Harper’s Ferry, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House and other great struggles, the Confederacy had no braver soldier or more efficient officer than he. At Spottsylvania, he was severely wounded and his command suffered greatly; he was captured at Sailor’s Creek, May 6, ’65, and until July 25th, suffered the awful horrors of the Federal Prison at Johnston’s Island. During the war, he was offered the rank of Brigadier-General, but with that modesty which characterized his whole life, he declined the honor. While he loved the cause of the Confederacy with all the ardor of his great soul, when Lee surrendered at Appomatox, Colonel Sanders ceased fighting and applied himself diligently to building up the waste places of his beloved country and to making a competency for himself and family, and the great success which attended his efforts in both instances is the second reason that I would assign for calling him a remarkable man. In 1871, he married Miss Fannie Amelia Scarborough, who until the day of his death, was a blessing and an inspiration to him. Together they came to Gainesville, a little mountain village, in 1871, immediately after their marriage, to build their home and fortune. By industry, economy and great business ability, Colonel Sanders succeeded in amassing a splendid estate, and at the same time was always first in his contributions to any public enterprise or private charity. No one will ever know how many cases of distress he relieved; for he obeyed the Scriptural injunction and never allowed his left hand to know what his right hand was doing. The writer of this sketch, was often at the State Bank, of which Colonel Sanders was President for many years, and has seen numbers of the old veterans, unfortunate men of all classes and even the negroes of the city, ask for aid and never once were they refused. On the day that he died, I heard numbers of men, with tears in their eyes, say, “I have lost the best friend that I ever knew”; his funeral services were attended by every class of people in our city and country, and after his more intimate friends came and with streaming