Shouldn't it tell you if he dies or not? I have 2 heirs now so i'm using one in battle since he has such a high command star rating, the other is in a castle in Wessex safe as houses.

One thing though... I accidentally clicked the 'rout' command instead of the 'group' button and my general started to run away, then after the battle got the 'good runner' trait, saying he had run away more than once, and -3 morale... What's up with that?