, 1863-10-10
Death OF Capt. Woodruff, 32th ILL.,
0QiH Yalu uufenEH.

Death OF Capt. Woodruff, 3oth ILL.,
0ols Volunteers.
The following special order has been Issued
+ by Gel. Mann, commanding the 39th Illinois,
gates Pha1an1):
HEADQUARTERS 39Tn Rsa'T H. VOL, l..
MonR1s ISLAND. $. C., Sept. rs, 1863.
Special Order No. @.
With profound sorrow the Lieut.. Colonel
Commanding announces to the regiment the
dseease Of Capt. Joseph Woodruff. Of Co. E,
39th Ill regiment, who died IN hospital on
Morris .Island, s. c, Sept. Esd, 1888, feT
houts after he received tatal wound from he
enemy'6 guns.
captai1 Woodruff was among the many
brave men who, after the first repulse Of our
inexperienced army at Bull Run, rushed forth
With martial spirit to support the has Of our
Of her lamH-by rebels ignored. Leaving q
lucrative business, 8 large circle Of firm
tiltnds, and young confdiog family, he col
lected around his counrs1's STANDARD COM
pauy Of Patriots, and led them from his native
rlnage, Marsalles, Lasslle Co, Illinois, to
bis debtinfes with the 39lh III Reg. The
lorg and Wt1ding waz.path over which he has
calamity led hts Company, the severe hard
ahips and Eteru priVat1ons. he has patiently
endured, ard tie unaffected bravery and deep
seatsd patriotism he has ever erinced form
y.
ard hence need not here be enumerated.
-He entered upon the siege operations before
Cba1lestou, with quiet, yet commeudab1e en-
thuklasm, and from the day his regiment
broke ground for the first fort On Folly
Island, to the eveuirg & the missile Of death met
ttoa Of purpose remarked by many and sur
passed by lone. The ranking officer In the
line, he Wns frequently called to comm md the
regiment, ard his official ability was auch that
his fellow officers looked auslously forward
to the time when promotion shculd be graat-
ed him as mesitor1ous reward But ID this
they are only too sadly disappointed.
On the evening Of the ESD Inst, Just as he
was transmitting bis Instructions to the OIL
Ger who relieved him Of ilis command In Fort
Gregg, o she'll from Fort Moultrie burst
among his mep, killing aeveza1 and SO wound
Ing him In the side that he soon died. He
was conscious to the last, and apparently re-
signed to bis ead fate
As an officer, Capt Woodruff had m enyia-
bic reputation. Ever ready for duty he Was
never known to murmur or question tbs pro-
prlety Of an order, however labodous or dan.
was man admired by all aho knew him, and
In his fnendsbip he was honest and sincere.
He has fallen In the mid day Of his man-
hocd, and in the very fort from which was
fred the first rebel gun at Fort Sumter, the
legerberations Of rhich thrilled With energy
the great Northern heart.
He has fallen; but he fell In the defense Of
. principle deeply enshrined In every loyd
breast, and for the unity and perpetu1ty Of
country that shall gladly honor her gallant
dead.
Let the virtues Of the deceased be emulated
by his bereared comrades who survive him,
md by whom his memory will doubtless bs
perpet1ated Nth pleasing saduess.
Az a token Of respect to the failen brave, It
is hereby ordered that the usual badge OF
mourning be worn BY the officers Of this reg
iment for a period Of thirty days.
By command OF Q. i. NAME.
Lieut.. Col. Commanding,
S1AoA 8. BRucKER, Let Lieut. and Act. Adjt.