Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-25
ACREDITOR.
TIE GALLANT DEAD.

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TIE fall ofSt Gsorge Oroghan 10 recent skirmsh in
North Western Virginia, history must rank among the
heaviest calamites which has yet befsen bereaved
country. BE the of Col Croghan o! Kentucky,
who at one and the same time made his own name and
the defence Of Fort sandusky immortal in the Of
1872 He had then the heritage of great name to fire
his IA uray ardent temperament with the ambition Of
soldier, and verify it would seem the shoulders Of the
son caught the mantle of the sire. His intellect
clear, strong, pre-eminently practical, and cast in
mould essentially military. His comprehension Of ar.
my economy was intuve and every appointment neces
sary TO the thorough equipment Of large force and
camp wants. even down TO the mnutest details he cav
a. glance and with unerrng circumspcction iDva.
rably anticipated. Through his mind thought fash
cd like lightning and lis effect upon bis own wonderful
nervous organization electrical and thereby electri.
fed every body around him. and about him. The def.
milton OF eoquence given by the great Abenan monarch
of the forum, to wit faction" with Oroghsn mill.
tary MAXIM and the impetuous energy that always char
acterzsd his action was emineny Napoeonic. He was
soldier born in decision quick 10 execution bold and
imnutabe, in frmnsss he vas Napoleon once happ
" said of Durec, "cast in the old Roman mod,l" 1t
there might have been found within the Confederate States
"a better man. but If that be true it ia likewise litter
ally true that eve could have better spared" him. 10
tho early dawn Of his manhood he as inclined dss
pltion, but when invested with Office and charged with
responsibility Ike the lion that shakes the dew from his
imperial mane be knew how to rise and shake of sm al
vices to meet great occasions, and, albeit his last,
recent visit 10 the capital he surrounded with the
seductive ascnatiors yet he met the shock of their
slurements with the immoby Of stole, and gave him
self up exclusively, to the muarious matters of bust
under his charge. Yet, he was by no manner Of
means, at all of temper but the contrary,
naturally genial and social The how Of hi, animal spr
It's was msrvellously e1uberant II had the
mentum Of the Gulf Stream, and II rushed from the
Pontic on to the Propontc and the Helespon it swept
upon its sparkling eres. the sympsthes Of every noble
nature. His personal appearance highly captivating.
"0n his bold vsags, middle age
Had slightly prest is signet cage,
Yet had not Guenched the open truth
And fiery Eehemence Of youth.
Proward and frolio gee was there,
The will to do, the soul to dare.
His limbs we're cast in manly mold,
For hardy sports and contest bold.
His stately men well implied
A high born heart, and martial pride,
As if q Baron's crest he wore,
And, shsathed in armor, trod the Shore"
But alas alas in the prime Of noble manhood, be has
b,eu cut down. and those to whom he bound by the
sweet and tender ties Of asction and those who had
been smten with the spendors Of the brilliant star OF
his genius are left to lis lost radiance
the dsvout asrooger over the occultAton Of
favors planet in the mystic scroll of which be fanced
no could read the destnies OF time A. HI D.