Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-10-26
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DEPARTED this life, an the l4th inst, aftsr u
protraeted illness, JOHN LUDLOW, infant son
Of BopERr II. and EuGrNIA MIepLETeS,Ao
year, 5 months and IL lsys old. "Lesus said,
Suffer little Children, ami forbid them not, to
come unto mo; for of such is tho Kingdom Of
HeerOn."-Natsy 10; Ii.
DEPARTED this life, in this District Sept. Goth,
1854, Mis-, REBECCA HARRIS.
The decsagsd was an ornament to q oircleAhat
will long feol dcsolate, because ens so pure, 50
amablc, 90 gentle, and SO bright, has been taken
from them. She -was member Of the 6ilgal
Baptist Church, and devotsdly attached 10 the
cause f.her dear Rcdsener.
]. ADAMS. ;
DIED, from wounds received upon the battle
field near Atlanta, ga. on the 9Th August 1854,
Sergeant WILLIAM r. H0BDS,-of Company
h, 24th Regiment, s. c. Y.
The South has lost in him another gallant SOL
dier-a willing and ardent enpporter,-and his
native Distric. Sotd aud worthy citizen. AT
the commencement Of the wsr he volunteered,
and uftsr some time he was honornbly discharged
from service ON account Of physical disability.
He than returned to the peaceful shades of home,
and successfully pursued his farming interests
for aboyto ono year, when bis health being some-
what restored no again volunteered, and pAr,ci-
pated in oil the battles, the marches, and ooun-
termarcbcs Of our gallant Western Army. Wheih-'
or in the kivoWac, or On the tolsome march,
whether in suleu retreat or the successful chgrge,
Seryt. HOBBs was ever at his peat and willing
to oboy ordcr. and this constitutes the good
soldisr,--te be brave and erer willing to obcy
orders. All this he exhibited in the .nxuy bat.
ties through which he passed, and in tho ever
TO be-rsnlomberod toilsome marches he UNDER
went from Vrsinia-to Mississippi until be sesled
with death his devotion to bis country and her
Ganse. -
2 His comrades in arms will ever gratefully re-
member him, especially his messmatea, whose in
innate a-socation enabled hena fully to estimate
his moral and social worth, and absre all his
solf sacrificing and intrepid, gallnntry.
E,l.ehcld District has te mourn TIE loss Of.
many gallant sni worthy sons In this cruel war,
and for unu,suming worth, either as q soldier,
or citizeai Sergt: HoBrs has superior. lie
ahono most brightly ut home amidst tho enaoar-
uents-of the fnmily circlo. which- hos 30 dearly
loved, aud agricultural av0cations which ho ur-
sued with very groat SUCCESS. lie leavas wife
and two 5hi!dreu, and mnny other relations to
mourn his rad az untimey ond.
A FRIrSD.
D,gp,.at the Hospital at Griffin, Ca, in his 2Ist
wear, RICHARD ADAMS, Son Of Mr.. WRIGHT
ADAMS, of. Edyefeld District. ,ez.
Sad is mr. duty to record tho demise Of this
bravo and p.triolic hero. wien tao war first
sounded in our car, this gallant SON Of South
Carolina girded on bis. armour in defence of his
country. -At;the,ba,tla Of 0Sickamauga be re-
ceiyed . severe wound in the log, and returned
homo TO receive the endcsting Welcome Of nm
ased and beloved father and fond sisters. When
NO. ouits recovered he was called sgain to moet
the foe. Briyo. and patriotic, he responded.
promptly to the -csll to arms,-and on the 22d Of
June. before Atlanta, be received awouna in the
hand. Hs then wrote to doar relative to come
for I'm, Looping he might return home agaia, and
receive ths attention 0f devoted loved ones; but
alas! hissituasion was such that he could not be
He was attacked with Bilious Remit
ter Fever and after giving evidence Of an -a5t-
ding confidence in God, aud having by his bed /
,idS the ono whom he loved, RIcnARp calmly |
oil aseop in Jesus He has found on carly
crave iu q laua Of strangers, but no doubt bis
'ririt is in the full enjoyment Of his God.
Tis sad to think that thor ut gone. Tis ssd to
hink that thou art numheroa With the doad But
low thou art t'iappy, RicuaRD. Thou hast
aid lise,s ueary burden do@n, and IN dying has
Of. behind bright unsullied name.
'Y ONE wHo KNEW uIx WHEN he WAS suT a B4y.