Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-02-20
Memoir


Among The many duties which are at once
pail..a! aid ysl pleasant, r. tlIai ol P@rniug
.ie y words - sGaoriGm of Our fallen heroes
Among tIlssc-was one, the subj.ct Of ,he TO-
loving memoir, E. B. KEEt.ER, formerly
ltsideet Of Harlem tp., Delaware Co., Ohio.
FeS at so carly period Of their lives have
experienced SO many vicissitudes- At an car
Is age be lost mother. and was thus leit
Miihcut ihe smiles aud lore OF that one whose
place can Iever be f,led. but ytt another sad
trial awaited Lifn, scarcely had the world
again begun 10 lock pIensaut. and the bright
rays Of hope 70 glisten upon The tear drops OF
sorrow, ere be was called upon 10 mourn The
death Of father. Shortly after this, hearing
The call Of his cSuniry, aud deeming il call
to him, be nob.y resolved to set forth IN her
oefense, and accordingly did 50, under The call
fer 3O0G60 neP; this MAS ilot With him the
Issn.t OI u sudden ilrru sc. not 4 thirst for
Neallh or puWer, or ghry tv,n hns she Tc-
fult OF cain ani deliberate cots. .dcratinn Of
bis duty as ciIizeD, as patriot, as man,
fully alive tU his relation and dpies To his
friends, his country, and his G0d- kraving ap
admiriug circle Of rclaIiyts ard ass ciatrs and
all the erdearmenls Of b. nrr, he gIasPed the
muSks:, shou.dered the kLapsaek. and with a
heart throbbing with love ioI his eount,y. be
hi US fa4cEeH and WAS gone. a few months
Of cheerful, hopeful toll. and we find him pros
trated with Il yer. in the spilal at L. King
ton, KY, and here cur p;c:ure sadd ms, and
wc cau hardly look a. il save through icars-
A soldiers loi is hard enough in hfaltb, bnl
IN sit kness, OH bcU hard, no m0thtrs kind
hami To sooile the thr0bbirg brow. no sister.
loving heart beAiing in unison wi b tla- sui
Errrt, ard aHiripaiing his slightest wan
Tut alOl.e save with the sick. lc Is lefi 10 ba'
tie with the q King of Tcrrors.' aud 10 enter
the dark waters OF the river Of dta b. Such
was Bradley's fate, and Gu "Wednesday Nov
49, 1862, just as lhe sun had crossed the m-r
jdian be len the sherts Of tiu-. He is gone
aud YET in many heapa is q chamber SACRED
TO his memory-sistcrs mourn the ,ss of q
trstber, dear as their own lives. large eiecl,
.of friends, tho departure Of one whom tic,
had hoped long TO cherish aid esteem, III,
cammuuity vsIlrd CT IL n, his be hem il
arms a beloved comysde, hs country tru
pairiol, an ardent ndniref and an earnest dc
fendcE. Such iy war-aAd sach is The desola
ion and anguish which is finding its W; V L
the h afth-sone and family circle Of the 500
c,tlager aud tie veal hy milimaiie- n
home is too sacred fer the destroying ang,
which is now sweeping over our lard WouI
to heaven that the saer.i-e m gIt prove &C
celrab.e aud we come forth frem tie ortl..s
purged aud made pure. Bradley's remain
weEe-eOuTcyed home aud inferred IN the br
rial ground Of Genoa among his Kindred
Farewell, thou hast pass, d away, hut thy men
Org has not, and though ere long the gra.
shall be green upon thy grave, yet around
shall ford hearts often gather, and tie silpr
tear as it falls npon the narrow homr, slm
speak in tones Of eltdncnce hat thou art II,
forgotten. And us We guzc upon the glorior
S,ars and Stripes, we shall n, yer forget II
gA.Iaut hands which once SO proudly bon
I'm. Then
wake not his sumbcrs, tread lightly around
'Ts the Of freeman, 'tis Lfbertys mound
Yet while his friends deeply mourn lie
.ass they mourn not as those without hope
a consistent member Of the Presb, teria
Church. And willie il camp, surrounded |
AL IFS vices, ever nlnintAi ed u course of stri
integrity
Harlem. Del. Co., Jan. 23d. Id.