The Washington Evening Star, August 11, 1914, Page 5.

ONE OF GEN. JACKSON'S STAFF OFFICERS DIES

Col. Francis X. Ward Was Wounded by Union Troops in Baltimore Riot.

PHILADELPHIA. August 11 — Col. Francis Xavier Ward, who died at his home, 2417 Spruce street. Sunday, was one of the last survivors of the staff of Gen. Stonewall Jackson. He was a Baltimore man who began fighting for the Confederacy in the famous attack on Massachusetts troops passing through the Baltimore street April 19. 1861. His wounds, suffered when the Massachusetts volunteers fired on the mob, were so severe that he was reported dead. His college chum. James R. Randall, when a professor in Poydras College, Point Coupee. La., wrote the words of “Maryland, My Maryland” while grieving for the friend whom he supposed to have been a martyr for the southern cause. Col. Ward recovered in a few months, and fought with the Confederates through the war. He was with Lee at the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.

Attended Georgetown University.

When the conflict came, Col. Ward had just completed a law course at Georgetown University. He began active practice in 1865, and until ten years ago was prominent in legal circles both in Baltimore and Philadelphia. He has lived in retirement for ten years. He was a member of the Art Club in this city, and of many military organizations in Baltimore.

Col. Ward leaves a widow, formerly Miss Ellen Topham Evans, and three children. Mrs. William G. Rhoads, Charles Francis and Thomas Johnson Ward, all of this city. The funeral will be held from St. Ignatius' Church in Baltimore tomorrow morning.

One of Gen. Jackson's Staff Officers Dies, The Evening Star, Washington D.C., August 11, 1914, Page 5.(PDF)

A very similar obituary appeared in Confederate Veteran Magazine.

Francis X. Ward, Confederate Veteran Magazine November 1914, Page 520.