Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-08-26

SON. OF Edssicld District. on the lst- July, Al
Gottysburg, Penn, this noble young martyr re-
coiycd.a wound in the alcle; on the 10th July
reserted t.
could not SURVIVE Bn6cE, conssqaeurtJss:-.. =. =
ersued.
Al the fr.. call of his country for troops to de-
fen,l Charleston, young RANSOM, mot at the tune
sixteen years OF ago, inspired by tho revoui 'nary
blood Of RYAN, joined Capt. SPIRss' Company
front Hamburg, and served until The Company
was disbandad He then volunteered III Capt. A.
p. BurLRR's Company, which formed in part tho
| Ist kcgt. S. C. ", commanded by the lancnted
GREGG, and passed through tho battles before
| Richmond, End Manassas, Fredericksburg, Cham
cclorsville aad Gettysburg, at which last place
he receiyei the wound whiuh resulted in his death.
This youthful hers at the time of his death,
held tho position of Sergeant, and Was highly es
| tecmed by both uiEcsrs ard mon. Though his
fen years might bo supposed to haye made no
lasting Impressions upon his mind yet he quickly
fcrcsaw the necessity for good soldiers, and gGye
himself tv his country J. FIRE arriving at tho age
of sixteen years Hs was always cheerful, and
gave such advice to his companions in arms rs
was but calculated to advance the great cause in
which We areSall 30 deeply Interested. Tba coua-
try has lost noble soldier. Refure bis death be
rcioicsd in tho h6po Of resurrection in Christ,
nnd he ia now receiving in the Everlasting mau-
,ons' the reward of one who nobly did his duty
in every relation Of life.'
Parents, he resigned; your noble boy is not
lost; for time there 10 u separation, but 1t may
be best for his martyred spirit. Console your
saddened hearts with the reflection that he lost
his life defending his country. noble sacrifice,
acceptable to God, grateful to his country; enno-
bling " his name. FRIEND.
In addition to tho above, so we'll and so truth
fully said by one who knew him well, ne beg to
add the following tribute to tho memory of young
RAxsox, written ty comrado of the laplented
deceased and forwarded US from Virginia for pub
.lication-Ep. Ap.
"Sergt. RANSOM was mcssmato Of The writer,
and had been intimately associated with him since
tho breaking out of the war, and he fco!s it a
duty duo his departed comrads that he .aould
speak Of bis many virtues The subject of this
notice was II higa-toned, chivulrous gentleman,
possessing the qualities that aorn aiko the civil
inn and the soldier In the bloody din of bnttle,
lie was aver cool, calm and courageous, aid ap
poured Indifferent to his aunger, seemingly having
but one thougbt-God, aud my natire land.
{" His conduct on the houy contested field of
Fredericksburg, charlottesville, Gettysburg. and
nluny others, Of ,css note, can DO attested to by
his gurvivins oompaniont, who like tho writer,
deeply dcplore tho loss of one so gallant. With
the courage and frlnuess Of tho mau, he ha,i
min sled tho gentlcness Of woman, and no one San
more highly appreciate his gentle manners and
bruthcry devo;ions, than the writer, who're lot it
has been to be sick, whilo fur from hcmn and its
mnternal influence aud who has hud til, deceased
to sit beside his couch Of straw in toe Camp, for
hours at night, watching aud administering to his
every Eapt. But ho has gone !-gonc t. that land
from whence no traveller ever ro;urned. So We
must bid hin, farewell; and tho wo shall meet
you no moro.on earth, We hopo to meet yop in
that land whore troubles never come, aud where
SORROW is no more.
we to.lder our heartfelt sympathy, and with them
regret that ne are called upon mournt loss Of
one who WAS loved and esteemed by all no know
him. A. Cox"ADE."
FsLLin tho battle L; Gettysburg, July lat 1858; |
JAMES P. HUSKEi, in tho 18th year OF his
age.
In the death of JAMES HUsKEY, the coustry
hns lost gallant soldier, his Company an agresa-
bic companion in arms, and his widowed mother,
kind nnd obedent son.
He was born in Edsefell District, where he
lived till a short time before the commencement
of the war, when he moved to Nswberry District
When cnlt>was made for volunteers, be though I
but IL boy, nobly responded to that Gull by uniting
himself to Newbarry Regiment, in which be
served faithfully till the, day of his death.
At the age Of fifteen ho Joined the Baptist
Church, ut Good Hope; and of him it may be
truly said " He adorned his profession, by we'll
ordered life and Cody conversation"
: He left two brottcrS, two sisters end all aged
mother to mourn his l9ss. Dut they should con-
sole the,aselyps With the hope that they may
parting will bs no moro.
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