, 1863-01-27
LETTER FROM LrEUT. COLONEL
900 j. G. W8IGHTs
:, Tho LAtc :Adjutant Bacon.

Tho eloquent letter which we append below
from Lieut.. Col. J. c. Wright, vas received
by the Board Of Trade yesterday and read
upon 'Chnngc during tho regular session. It
will be poruted with interest BY the public
generally, and especially by tho friends of tho
lamcnted .Adjutant Bacon, who was well
known in tllls city aud universally beloved: .
Headquarters, TN REa'T LII. Vols, 1sT1
bMoApE, QulhnI's Dly1s1oN, 18TH Anxr,
r.. conrs' ar NAvT YAnD. A Mb,xgssns1s' n ,gss IF
CT: Wheeler, Esq., President Board OF Trade,
MT nEAn s1R-At the request Of Col. Starring,
1Eaye to perform most melancholy duty in coin
1auniesti1g tq yoa and through Yoa: te the mem
He died at tho Overton Hospital, In this city, On
The 18th inst, OF diseasel termed By our surgeon,
!. he Ind not been considered ia immediate dan
aaacraklpg this saa auty. saoaia utterly dal n I!
the regiment, did not attempt to convey to our
friends Of the Board, moro than formal notice.
sSe Ed dpgeS ass 1; lin 9 @ Gana os 2eanf 2gosfes
mind and heart. H commanded tho cs'ccm o1 u!
Though rot educated boiaisf aao oaa "a .eeth
odic Intellect soon fully mastered tho varied ana
intricate duties Of s n TO rood
a5fntnnt and hoW uttcriy impossible It is to lave
IN eftcicnt regiment With Roor one.
~ or.anisntion. He gave ali hia powers to the
'essd b Ii brother oeess, ou1 Colonel, a1d n
we havo served modtk -ddjMfaHf:
PosscsRed Of brave md noble heart; be took a
eompzehenstye view Of the Professton Of arms The
as a volunteer, because he believed his country
stood in most pressing need Of the services and
Looking upon the rebellion as wicked in the cx-
treme, be believed our Government had no oalterna-
tive hut to crush it, or lose the respect not only
Of her own citizens, but Of the civilized world.
the capacity Of the most cultivated liberty loving
people On earth for selfgovclnmcnt and fully ap-
psecated the terrible necessity Tint. cost What It
pnt down, and the Constitution, the Union and the
flag maintained over al oar territory, OF sink so
low in the scale Of nations as to fail prey to In
t eSitah}e anarchy md confusion;
Oar brother has died martyr to bis country, and
added another to the long bloody list other gallant
eona; His memory viii be honorcd by your Board
as though he had fallen az his brave heart would
have loved to have died, In contest with the ene
mics q our country, amid the smoke aud carnage
he was so well known to many Of your Board that
coufd add nothing to Increase yonr knowledge Of
his generous, social. courteous nature: We ali es-
will be cent to his fathers, Thomas Bacon, esq.,
| Ogdenaburt., NY
Our regiment is now encamped at the Navy Yard
in this city, under orders for ficksburg. We have
been rs far South az the Yacona, On the Missie-
eipp1 Central Railroad, from whence we returned
here with our division and proceeded to Lafayette,
The health Of onr officers and men Is generally
good. and, may be allowed to add, all are willing
to take part in the great contest coon to occur
With great personal respect and esteem, permit
me to eubscribe myself your obedIent servant,
| J. G. Wright,
1 Lieutenant Colonel I'D Illinois Vols,
J. first Board nf 1'rddeA