Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-01-23
Captain G.. w. Quimby.
Camp near White Oak Church, Va. !
January LIST. 1868.

wing just reau letler addressed 10 Lieu
tenant Kinsman, Co. ID, 4th Regimen
Vermont Vols, relating to the death o
Capt G. W. Quimby. l have to say
that it affords me pleasure to have ar
opportunity TO say to afflicted friends
that Capt. Quimby stood high in the es
timation of all with whom he came in
contact, for his military ability, gentle
manly bearing and social elements.
| Joined my regiment at Hagerstown
Nd, where | at once became acquainted
with your brother. Finding him posses
sed of refined literary taste, and dispo.
sed to cultivate those moral principles
which are of high Importance, l felt free
to endorse him as an intimate acquaint.
ance and friend.
He regarded the subject of religion as
worthy of his attention, though he did
not claim to enjoy experimentally its sa-
wing benefits. His department in army
life was morally above reproach. His
death was sudden, as you have been in
formed. Whether or not he had premo-
nitions of his sad fate, l am unable to
give any information. do not, howev-
er, think, that with his judgment and
GOODNESS in time of danger, that he has
fallen into the hands of the Living God
without lifting to Him the prayer so full
of interest-'Be merciful to me, sin
ner = and l trust that He who waits to
be gracious has heard that prayer.
Your brother fell on the evening Of
the 18th Dec, 1862, while heroically
sustaining his position in The front line
of battle, where the leaden and iron bail
had been terrific through the entire day.
He did not quail, but died hero. His
body was sent to me by Lieut.. Kinsman
during TIE night, and on the next day l
proceeded to make arrangements for bu-
rying or sending it home. The men still
held the line of battle, and just as l had
succeeded in getting a permit to remove
the body, word came to the place where
our sick and wounded were, that the
hospital must be cleared at once, as we
were under fire of the enemy-and in
my absence for detail to take the body
across the river, he was buried. / i'm
mediately sent across the river for an
had the body disinterred, and
by 3 o'clock it was on the way to Wash
ington. 1t affords me much happiness
to learn that it was received by friends
in a state Of preservation.
1 wish here to assure the friends of
the deceased of the sympathy ofmy own
heart, on their behalf. May God sane
tfy this deep aaliction to the good of all
j. L. RoBERTs,
Chaplain, 4th Reg't.
p. S. Allow me TO add, that on last
Sabbath our Regiment was called out
formed in hollow square, and | preach
I'd to them a funeral sermon on the
death of Capt. Quimby and others. 1t
was season of great interest, and
rust may produce lasting effect. 1t is
quite sickly here now, and there occurs
some deaths every day. Yours, &c.
J. L. r.
The following are the resolutions pas
'ed by the company in reference to the
lecease of their captain:
NEAR BELL PLAINS, VA
Jan. 1,1863.
Capt. Gro. W. Quincy, Co. D, 4th /.
Vermont Regiment, killed in action near
Va, Dec. 18th, 1862,
'ged q years.
1t has pleased Almighty God in his
to take from us by the hands
If treason and despotism, our beloved
riend and captain, G. W. Quimby-be
: therefore
ResolOed-That in the death of him,
ur captain, we feel that we have lost,
lot only our official head, but our friend
nd protector, and to-day We mourn him
S kind efficient officer, brave accom-
'lished soldier.
ReSolUed-That we as a company,
While mourning the loss of our captain,
you'd offer our heartfelt sympathy for
is afflicted parents and friends, who
MOURN him as one never more to meet
hem in the family circle, where he has
yer been one of its bright lights.
ResOlred-That a copy of these reso-
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