Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-06-05
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LIEUT.. ALFRED s wIGGINS.

The generous, noblehearted, faithful Conscientious
brave soldier is dead Upon of this mighty
revolution has there fallen truer manhood The Beran
ger OF these times may pour his soul in heartyrcs
ne over the departed heroes of Southern Israel
than that whiconce animated The noble form Of sleep
ing Trend The Tennysou Of our young Confederacy may
queGeh ms grief IN the breathing numbers OF bis In Me-
morAul as ne recalls the imposing virtues of his dead
companion and yet no sanIa shall tell of more unre-
served conservation to the great cause Of human freedom
with Alfred Virgins Alas alas It is too sadly true
tnat the generous minded goodhearted friend gone
Never more shall grasp that hand Of cordial friendship
nor gaze with pleasure into that brightly bsaming eye
ha' hand lies pOwerless and that eye is glazed with the
MIN OF death That genial hosPitable home Is made des
and never again shall echo to his familiar footsteps
whist that father sits beside his darkened hearth
stone and weeps his dead hero and that mother who
loVeo MN SO tendery and So WELL bows her head in ago
ana peeds IN her heart of hearts, But thanks be unto
900 IN the hour Of their mOurnul bereavement and in
the depths of their woe, they not left alone. The
He won wnen on easih ms oScpes @ tnas
gone even the Spirit Of truth" 1t is to this Divine
comforter they must look. Human aid and human SYM
stands appalled, and the tongue forges its office But in
an hour like this the Psracee of the skiecomes and
susges the gne and binds up and comforts the
Lieut.. Virgins Practicing physician before the
war in the county of Halifax, North-Carolina- He was
the son of Mason Wggns we'll known citizen, and at
present Senator from that county. DR.. Virgins was
gagged in lucrative practice and held in high esteem
for his professional skill by intelligent community He
belonged to the Conservative Union party and
ous that all honorable should be exhausted by the
South before the terrible appeal to made He
more than remarked to the writer that although he
deprecated resort TO much and willing to
try every honorable expedient avert dire cates
of that still original secessionist should respond
with more aacrty to the call of his country than he when
the last effort bad been made and had failed He noby kept
his word The rude clash of hostile speaking fear
tui propheses of coming troubles had scarcely thrilled
the South before he found volunteering private,
in which capacity he faithfully served his country for
than year. He afterwards promoted to first Lieu
tenancy in the Scotland Neck Cavalry, and met his death
in the brilliant skrmish which took place recently in Isle
of Wight Virginia. where largely superior force of Yam
kee cavalry driven before the irresistible charge of
ou- North Carolina boys leaving IS of their dead behRd
Them He fell at the head of his gallant column while lead
ing his 10 victory.
Surrounded by the abundant comforts of happy home
and blessed with the most be
easily have avoided the exposures oa long proracted life
in camp and have escaped the ghtful horrors of the
death conflict but grandy and noby he preferred to do
his duty and went down to the gates of death still fash
ing his cleaning blade in the of his and in the
face OF the malignant and ruian fOe Rsquesut pace
thou friend of my manhood Green be thy memory May
thy lofty heroism-thy true and unsesh devotion be al
ways enshrned in the hearts of thy cOuutrymen.
T B. K.
Leasburg N. c., June l, 1868.