Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-16
LIEUT.. GEO. STUART, 18TH REG. U. s. A

LIEUT.. GEO. STUART, 18TH REG. U. s. A.
 This gallant and accomplished young officer died at hls home in Sherman, Conn.,, on Sat urday night. His disease, chronic dysentery, was caused hy the hardships and exposures of | the camp, and was contracted some months before his decease. Some four or five weeks since, he came home from the West where he was in active service, attended by brother officer, specially detailed for that duty, but only to die.
 He was born at Sherman in 1888, was edu- eated there and at Amenia Seminary, N. Y., until his admission to Yale. He was gradua- ted in 1855 with distinguished honor. His oration at Commencement attracted marked at tention, and was favorahiy noticed in the New York and other newspapers.
 After graduation, he spent year South. While on board a Mississippi Steamer he illus ,rated the chivalrous tone eff his character by sknocking down man who was brutally whip ping slave woman For this he Was put in irons until the conclusion of the voyage. That he should have escaped so lightly is wonderful, and the incident shows that remarkable gene rosity and bravery which alike distinguished and adorned him. sFB
 Returning home he studied Law. under the direction of Henry s. Sanford, of New Mil ford, and was admitted to the Bar, in Fairfield ECounty, at the August term of the Superior Court, 1858. From . desire to sustain and comfort the de- elining years of his maternal grandfather fDoct. Orton, widely known and highly es- teemed physician of Sherman, then in ad- vanced age, and since deceased-he opened an office there, and also addicted himself in some degree to agricultural pursuits.' He was an elegant scholar, and delighted in collecting and studying the best productions of modern authorship, in the lighter and more attractive departments of literature, as they fell from | the press.
 Upon the breaking out of the present rebel | lion, he responded at once, and without amo- ment's hesitation or delay, to the call of his country to take up arms in her defence. His friends urged him to wait until a commission could be procured for him.. But he would not, | and enlisted in the 1st Reg't, c. ", under Capt. John c. Comstock. No other man in his native town enlisted at this time. To him., of all his towns people, belongs the honor of stepping forw ard to do and dare, not only first and foremost, but alone.
 After short service in Virginia, prior to Bull Run the first, he was appointed 1st Lieut.. in the Regular Army, and was soon after sent West for duty. The writer is not sufficiently 1 well acunainted with his military career to sketch it in detail but is we'll assured that he showed himself on all occasions, an able, brave and patriotic officer. He rose from sick bed to take part in the battle of Arkansas l Post, and it is feared that the exertlons con tributed ts hasten his decease. He reJected several opportunities for promotlon, because of his anwillingness to leave the men whom he himself had recruited, and who were deYoE tedly attached te him.
 1 In person, Lieut. Stuart was of medium height, but very firmly knit and e1ceeoiag.y quick and active. He prided himself as well he might, upon his vigorous health ana great skill and dsxterity in all physical eHorts ana exercises. His mind was very quick anu brilliant, and he had rich vein of wit and humor, which lent . charm to his converse tion He was bold and daring in the ex- treme.
 It is source of unspsakable consolatlon to his friends that he died in the glorious service of his country, and in the full hope of 3 bles- sed immortality. For he turned to the Say four in humble and believing aud prayerful faith, and was content to live or die, as God in His all-wise Providence should decree His life furnishes noble example of cour- age and devotion to country, which should kindls anew the fires of patriotism in every bosom, while his peaceful and happy dsoease