Show OLD CONFEDERATE GENERAL IS DEAD By Associated Press RICHMOND Va Dec 27 Brigadier 27 Brigadier General William Ruff in Cox Cor one of the ranking officers of ot the Confederate arm army died last night aged 78 years yea General Cox was credited as having been the last Confederate officer to toI I cease fighting at Appomattox courthouse courthouse court court- I house prolonging the fighting for tor some sometime sometime sometime time after General Lee had surrendered Bun en dered After the close of the war General Cox became prominent in politics in North Carolina H He served several terms In congress and was secretary o Of the United States senate senat under both Democratic and Republican administration administrations adminis adminis- |