Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-09-30
OBITU. AIRY

DIED, ON tho 'th July, 1863, of a wohad rs-
ccivsd in me Battla Of Gotty tburs Pa, Sergeant
JOHN EEAUFORD WALLACE, "a lilo 9th
year Of his age
Dcnih, -.Lo knncks with an equal hard st the
door Of the cottage and tlo rnla.u gah, has been
busy 4. hi> nnl,eintc6 work. MOURNING frevais
thr"schrut the land. .n'l .ha oeuntenahcor "f.all
arc snrond0,l in tho mantle of sorrow. Many
gsiixnt heroes have fallou-but rho m.nnrch Of
tho .oinb has not turned his r"morsoions dar,
againat brighter mark thnn tho ono for whom
,his is a.cnd'd as n fcchls trihn'o.
Yeurg WALLlcH graduated with distinction at
tho South Carolina Collage in thu olass Of 1859
norotias !i;msc!f te the study of the Inv. he WAS
rallsd 70 enter ,ha service Of his country At the
hrat ruis hast of hs wnr-trumpst, before te hsd
huish.d tho prescribed course. lIo served with
The first Compa thut left Edgcacld on Sullivan.
and Morris Islands, in Gregg's first Regiment
during The sieso of Fort Srpi:er. in thu spring Of
1861. After the dishaRdlnS ut aat RcgiIont Of
six months trunps ho volunteered In thu Nth
Regiment 5. c. ", with which hs sorvod ill his
death. lle was ongagod in nearly all tho battles
in Virginia, and underwent. tho hsrdshir, OF
camp and toll Of the march vita the stardY eour-
ago and nohlo endurance that charaItorisos the
truo sou Of freedom.
A momhsr Of tho Mcthodi't Church. his many
friends can benr simple testimony to ths h,gh de-
vutioral split that vas = part of bis generous
na'ure and nuHinChins integrity. The strung
temptations to vice and lis>inn.lon 50 inel,lsnt to
uarlp lilo wrrc unable to uverpnNcr and ihvsrt
him in his strong religious convictions, Of which
his lotters homo gave unJouhtcd cti.louse. 4 few
hours before his dsnlh ho requested friend to
tell ha mother "he had fallen at his post; that
ho WAS prepared 10 die, and hoped that Shc and
the family would meet him in that better world"
Thus has fallen another noble victim To this
cruel war. But virtue forms no shicld to ward cf
the arrows of death. Could it have availUd, even
whom joinod with the prayers Of devoted moth
err sister and brothers, then indeed this nournful
occasion would noSUr have occurred. let, though
ho ha. passed from among US; thorgh that ceup-
onanen will no no socn still has ne left bo-
hind his better part: the mcmory Of his bright
cxnmaio-tho momory Of his dueds.
A FRIEND.
NATHAN L. BARTLEY, Son of TnoxAs
bailey ST.. OF Edgefeld, s. c., died tho bat
tls-nold, Gettysburg, July Ist, 1868, In tho
doth yesr Of his age.
Having cuterod tho army in the Spring Of IS62,
no ,rLicp.tol in tho fateues AID privaliors
whnh precodsd tho frat invasion Of Maryland.
Durinc that march hs has ts ken sick, and suffered
much for NJ any months IIe rotnrnsd TO his friend,
very unexpectedly, after they had almcst dcapsir-
oil Of ever seeing him again. AS soon rs his
health wonld justify, ho again left tho jnys and
comforts of homo to brave the hartships and dan
gers Of = Soldiers life He rejoincd bis comrades
Just in time to march with them into Ponnsylva-
nia there to seal With his blood his devotion
to his coun'ry's cause.
In his family relations ho was truly atfactianate
aid iovotnd. They loved him tenderly, and long
will they chcri-h his mcinory. His condu1t and
conversation during his last visit TO them, and
his lettcrs writtsn NOT long s.foro his doath, ag-
su-o them that hn truly exercised that "repeu.
tonce towards Gad, aud faith in jesus Christ" to
which is prom,ed pardon, with peace and over
LASTING life. L. X. G.