The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-01
Tribute Of Respect.


Regiment, Michigan Infantry Volunteers,
held al Camp Parkhurst, Murfreesboro',
Tenn, June oath, 1862 10 make the ne
cessary arrangements consequent upon
the death Of Capt. ALBEhT NYE, Of COM
pany Il Of this regiment, Lieut.. Col. j.
G. PARKHURsT was called to the chair,
and Capt. c. V. DELAND appointed sec
rotary.
In accordance with motion TO that
effect, Capts. DELAND and NEwcoMBE and
Licuts. BARBows Of company A, WIGGrNs
Of company II, and Fox of company E,
were appointed a committee to draft
Resolutions expressive Of the grief Of the
regiment at the death Of our esteemed
friend and fellow officer, Capt. NYE.
Capt. JENNY, Lieut.. BARRows Of COM
pany e, and Lieut.. MARBLE were APP
pointed a committee to make all necessary
arrangements for the funeral and for
sending the remains of Capt. NYE to his
family in Michigan.
On motion, the meeting adjourned to
meet on the morning Of the 2jth, at 8
o'clock.
JUNE %, 1862.
The meeting convened pursuant to ad-
journment.
On motion Of Capt. JENNY it was
Reso1uel, That permission be requested
for Lieut.. BARBows of company E, to ac-
company the remains Of our lamented
brother officer to Nashville to make the
necessary arrangements for their trans
portation to his family in Michigan.
The Committee on Resolutions now re-
ported as follows:
WHEREAS, The swift winged messenger
Of Death has for the third time invaded
| our ranks and removed from our midst
another of the choicest spirits and most
| promising members of our family circle
! of officers in the morning Of life, while
! the rich fruits Of promise for future use
fulness and honor were but just budding
| for choice fruition in later manhood {:
we his bcreaved companions in arms do
mournfully
ResolUe, LIST. That in the death of Capt.
ALBERT NYE, the 9th Regiment has lost
an accomplished and promising officer,
| prompt efficient and untiring in the dis
charge Of duty of generous and manly
impulses and undoubted courage; the
country has lost an ardent and true
| hearted patriot and brave defender; we
have lost kind genial and esteemed
companion and friend; his family de-
voted and cherished son and brother.
We bear our willing testimony to his
marked ability purity of character and
social worth, and mourn his early death
as with a brother tenderness and heart
felt regret
Reso1Jed ID That while we share with
his widowed mother and his family their
sincere grief in this aiIliction, and extend
TO them a hand chastened with sorrow
we cherish with gratitude and pride the
memory of one whose life was bright
example Of manly virtue, whose only
ambition was TO merit reward, and whose
unspotted character is a legacy richer
and more to be priced than worldly hon
ors and fame.
Rcg0hea, That in our own behalf o.
well as of the friends Of the deceased
we tender to Assistant Surgeon CYRU,
SMITH, TO Lieuts. BARRows and Fox Of
company Il, and to the others who at
tended and nurscd him, our thanks fol
their untiring energy and devotion dur
ing his last brief illness; and that we are
particularly grateful to Major j. II. Ma.
NEY and his estimahe lady for their kind,
ness and voluntarily rendering their hos
FATALITIES and attentions to our late es,
tened companion Though lac dice
among strangers i'm a strange land" We
the hand of affection soothcd his pillow
and comfortod his true spirit in the dyinl
hour.
Res2lged, 4th. That as n token of GU
respect and grief the officers of the Regi
ment will attend the funeral in full uni
form, and wear the usual badge of mourn
ing for ten days.
On motion, the above Resolutions wer
unanimously accepted and adopted.
On motion of Capt NEwcoMBE, it wa
Rcs0lUea, That an engrossed copy of tn
Resolutions, signed by the officers Of tn
Regiment, be forwarded to Mrs. NYE, Tn
mother of our late friend and brotho
officer.
On motion Of Capt WILKINSON, it wa
Resoluei, That one Of the clergymen o
Murlrccsboro' be requested TO conduct tn
religious service of the funeral,
On motion, il was
Rcso'ci, That a copy of che proceed
, ings of this meeting be transmitted 70
publication to the Detroit daily paper,
TO the Nashville Union" TO the Unto
,, Volunteer" and the Romeo Argus"
On motion, the meeting now adjourned
, Lieut-Col y, G. PARKHURST,
Chairman,
Capt. Il. Y. DEIANp, Sesretary
Tho IOuIsTDniana I'm mpnuTeuards