Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-08-21

DTifen Tor me occasion Oy Jtfr " u " "'''''
Of Grand Ele.
o God, to Thee we early gave
Our child, to take away or save
Since Thou hast claimed him, why SHOULD we
Withhold thine own, We yield to Thoo.
Around our Darling's budding brow
Hope twined her sweetest sun-lit glow.
His future seemed path of light
We deemed, for him, no joy too bright
By learning trained, We hoped to sec
Him give his life, o Lord, to Thee,
With sword of truth, and helm Of right,
For Christ and for his cross to fight
But other work to him was given
Than winning souls to Christ and Heaven.
God babe him heed his country's call,
He heard, and gave to her his all.
" Charge, soldiers. charge the trait'rous foe,
God bids you strike the svenging blow
His work is done, and angels bear
Him 70 the loved that wait him there,
The funeral discourse by PRoT. NJ. II.
BucKHAy, of the University Of Vermont, fol-
lowed. From the text, Matthew X, 80
g But the very hairs Of your head are al
numbered, tho speaker drew the lesson that
Gods providence extends to the separate
events Of human life, and his kind and loving
care to the separate individuals Of the race.
.ni that what He thus orders for His child
len If always best. These truths he enforced
in a simple. thoughtful. practical, and cx-
ceclingly impressive discourse Embodied in
j; was a truthful and touching Biographical
sketch Of Capt Woodward, from which we
arc permitted to make the following extract.
!; is bright and honorable record
JoHS wcHTuScroy WOODWARD. vas
born in wes;forl, June 10Th 1890 He
WIS bright open-hearted, ingenious
boy, warm in his attachments and his re-
sentiments, flyorite wherever he went lie
was fitted for college mainly at johnson, and
entered the Freshman class in the University
Aug. 1858, at the age Of 10 His college course
was several times interrupted by ll-health, but it
was on the whole an honorable and successful
one. His e1uberant spirits and love Of excite
ment led him sometimes to engage in those frolics
which are apt to glide insen-ibly into something
that merits a severer name, but 80 far as know,
Woodward was never chargeable with any Of
those actions or habits which degrade and faint
the whole moral character, such as lying, deceit,
or meanness in any Of its forms. He entered
with great ardor and enthusiasm into College
friendships, and he has leit behind him among
his College associates those who mourn Tor him
as tenderly as for an own brother. His talents
were considered by his instructors to be Of
very high order, and such IS promised 10 make
him conspicuous and influential in society He
had special relish for the higher departments
Of literature, for poetry, oratory, and romance,
and his reading in these departments was extern
sive and careful He was passionately fond OF
music. Indeed his soul seemed spontaneously
to attract itself to and to delight in that which,
by any form Of expression, il literature, in
harmony, or in life, is adapted to awaken noble
and lofty feeling. Zone Of the finest traits il
johns character says his most intimate College
friend in letter to me. "was the profound love /
and veneration which he felt for his father. He I
was impulsive, often thoughtless, always CAV and
fun-loving, ana would sometimes engage with I
hearty Eest in enterprises not approved by the I
laws Of the University. But when his father
questioned him, there Was no shifting. no decei,
his answer was always frank, straight-forward
and truthful He often told me that be never
could and never would deceive his parents-and
do not think he ever did 50
Young Woodward received the honors Of the
University in Aug. 1862, and almost immediate
y made his preparations for entering the mill
tary service Of the United States. Il was
with great difficulty and only by con-
lnual struggle that he was kept from Joining
he army before the completion Of his College
'ourse. He felt it a .reproach, as he said. that
rs father and only brother were in the field.
nd he left at home with the women. Every one
rho knew him, foresaw what his career as 4 SOL
her would be. Brave almost to recklessness.
ever SO much at home as in perilous enterprise.
nd yet clear-headed while in the midst Of the
reatest excitement, every body said he was adj
iirably adapted for a cavalry officer lie re- t
eived his commission as Captain on the 18th 1
Nov. 1862, and left for the seat Of war with
lie company he had recruited and drilled in the ,
an following. His conduct in the field more q
ian justified the anticipation Of his friends. c
long with his unquestioned bravery he soon J.
lowed capacity for command, and that comb :
ltlon Of daring and Judgment which is so va n
able in leader of cavalry. He was at differ
It times entrusted with the command Of detacb- r
ents sent out on those important and desper- :,
e enterprises required of this arm Of the SER u
ce, and his success was such as to attract the |
tice and win the complimentary mention Of =
superior officers On the third day after the u
It battle at Gettysburg, the Vermont n,
valry with other regiments under er
n Fitzpatrick were attempting to harass tt
: enemy, then on the retreat between Hsgers- -
VI and WilliamspCrt. While holding posi- a.
q on the Williamsport road, supported BY di
-tions of the 5th New York and Elders bate Ii
they found themselves outnumbered and le'
hanked. 1t was while bravely attempting t. Ne Ne
y his company to face this overwhelming at tn
k that Capt. WOODWARD was shot simultane- sp
ly through the brain and the heart. The W
bic force was obliged to fall back and leave :.
If dead in the hands of the enemy. 1t wa, fin
till six days afterward, when our troops re- IRE
lpied Hagerstown, that Mr.. Woodward was EN-
TO recover the BODY Of his son which in tho VIZ