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The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Major General John B. Floyd. (search)
y with his health much impaired by exposure in camp. The serious extent of his constitutional injuries was soon developed, and his strength steadily failed under them until he died. General Floyd was a man of powerful mind. For vigor of intellect he had no superior in the theatre of his political life. He did not rise to his true eminence until after his Gubernatorial term. In his term in the House of Delegates after that he delivered several of the ablest speeches ever heard in that Hall, whose walls have echoed the voices of the greatest men that have lived in this country. Friend and opponent alike accord to him the fame of the most powerful declaimer of his day. He belonged to the Southern Calhoun school of politicians, of which he was one of the most faithful and consistent members. He entered professional life amidst the exciting scenes of the political epoch of '32, when his distinguished father was Governor of Virginia. That venerable man stood firmly by South Carol