Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-20
LOCAL MATTERS
TFFOm Last EVsnlug's EdltlOn.I
TRIBUTE or REsPEcr.-DlEB, at Chats

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. .-DIEB, at Chstta
nooga, Tennessee, October 10, 1853, Lieuten
ant \. A. PATTERSON, of Company F, Nine
tieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers.
Again it becomes our sad duty to pay
tribute Of respect to the memory Of one, hon
ored and brave, who fell sacrifice on th;
altar of his country.
Lieutenant Patterson entered the Ninetietl
Regiment, as Private, July %, 1862, ant
was soon after selected as Second Sergeant
He was never absent from the time it lef
Camp Circlsville, until be was carried &
wounded soldier from the field of battle. Fol
bravery and noble conduct at the battle Of
Stone River he was recommended by his Off
Gees for promotion, and some months after
ward received commission as Second Lieu
tenant in his Company.
Early in the action of Saturday, at the
battle of Chickamauga, he received severe
wound in his thigh, and was carried from the
field and placed in the hospital. On the day
following, the hospital vas captured, and he,
with others, fell into the hands of the enemy;
but when arrangements were made for the
removal of our wounded, he was brought in.
I visited him the day after he came, and
found him very much better than expected.
He remarked that the suffering from his
wound was comparatively little. We were
all much rejOicsd to see him so strong, and
in such good hope Of soon recovering and be-
ing able to go home. But, alas upon visit
ing him few days after, I found s violent
fever had set in and he was fast failing IN
der it. The change in two days had been SO
great that knew he could not long survive.
During his illness Of three weeks, there was
manifested in high degree those noble traits
of Christian character, faith, hope and char
ity, which had always marked his life since
our first acquaintance. He bore his afiic-
tions without a murmur, until Saturday noon,
0etOber 10Th, when he died in peace.
At the time Of his enlistment, he had charge
Of the Union School at South Bloomfeld. As
teacher he was we'll known throughout the
country, and had been eminentIy successful
in that profession.
As q husband, Lieutenant Patterson was
kind and afeetiOnate as citizen, he was
honest and devoted TO usefulness ss 3 SOL
dier, noble, bravo and energetic; and in the
discharge Of his duties as an officer, he dis
played cool fImness and decision Of char
acter which never failed TO command the
love and respect of his fellow men.
In the hour Of his country's peril he needed
her call and laid his life and all upon her
altar. He entered the army prompted by 8
deep sense of duty toward a country be
loved and in SO doing felt that he had es-
poused the noblest cause that humanity had
ever known: he fell nObly in its defense
and now fills a patriots grave.
By his death there Is left a widow, an or
phan, father and mother, with a large cir
Gle of friends to mourn their loss. The stroke
falls heavily, and to them we tender our
deepestsympathy in this their hour Of severe
sflietion.
But, let US endsavOr to initiate his virtues,
follow his example, and prepare for that rest
the hope of which sustained him in a dying
hour.
In the common cause Of our country he
has fallen, and his memory shall not be for
COTTON. Mo- It will grow greener with
coming years, and upon our national scroll
of fame, on which are written tho zauaes Uf
freedoms martyrs, will be found the name
of our beloved friend and fellow soldier.
GEORGE r. CROw,
Lieutenant Co. F, goth Ohio.