Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-09-02
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Yhefollowng named members Of Company ~. =,
9Th Virginia Infantsy. were killed in he rspee :
tive engagements mentioned. hahtin in defence Of
the most sacred cause that ever aroused the latent
patriotism ola peopie--tsse freedom and indepen-
dence OF their fellow men--viz
In the engagement III the Wilderness on The
9Th Of May, HARTMAN a. HAGUE, CT Stanton, and
FJAaas W. BARNEs- OF Jefferson county. in the bat
Sergeant Roman ". BucHras OF Newton, Frede-
rick county, and PeEsroN RAsKfs, of Augusta, ia
The engagement with Hunter, III front Of Lynch
burs; JuNlus Z. j. TTNsLEY, formerly of Richmond
and at Monecacy in Maryland, TloAAs BRYAN, o.
Stanton.
Eulegies upon the gellant dead, whose berosm
have illustrated this war usual, TO DE al
most unheeded but justice detaan1s that record
Of merit should be made, that the rol of our
tFrs should be preserved for the permanent history
Of ehls extraordinary epoch.
Perhaps no command il the armies Of he Con-
fed.racy has ever been called upon to do more ac-
tive and hazardous service, 81 fought more faith
fully and successfully than the old Stonewall Bril-
gade" in the movements and battles Of which the
9th Va infantry played no inconsiderabe part,
and no company Of that regiment MRS more ready
to- and peffot med better service, fbanthe Vest
Augusta Quarts as SD own By the long array OF
inaftyr.names on its patriotic ro. Among those
heretofore recorded the wciger takes pleasure in
MA einnc the above. tateiY fallen. the equal in
merit aS soldiers u ex<e{ pa gaotsm true de-
voti0a II al I eaultf4 5 cAusG, th aug who have
racrigeed eeir ives for, or bare their breasts to-
dav in detanceof mans most endeared rights.
brf cte0 rcd eA4igs theif ch tnl faces in th BIZ
y0fac around the camp Hres. aud in tkeir ttinned
RANKS when the shock and din Of battle comes,
feed the absence cftheiT streHg arms and brave
spiri s--theif iFeuds mQuPn them lead, Sad thclr
c@RnirrmeR w ia 2stes tbles, r0at vita pIiG9
aad pleasure to their names IS Of heroes Eas BIZ
tei want Of selGsA cons1dsrasionsj a2sts3 n seer-
Ing their 3issahraltnent from the exGrHciating tyr
amy Ell a hated NoGLhssn despot The writer Of
tAis hss has aa ofpolJ2uity II marking their re-
s}restiye e&raerai1 che ar8y. Vi IN exc exception
FL serving ia the ranks tteir ebedience, prompt
ness Ia tbs discharge Of 1atv galiantrE II action,
and cepti0nA able int rc@Rrse Nth then fellow
soldiers er5eGred thsia 10 their companions, and
they fs deeply deplared oy those who had boiae
With them the tolls and sacrifices of soldiers life
He.maulo they had been spared, but, alas they
have gone to That bourne whence no traveller Ger
retulns. Their gsb!an. forms no longer marks
for booming cannon ndrattHng musketrg.
q They sleep thei, last sleep,
They have fougi their Ia st battle,
No sound can awake them to glory again -
May God comfort the bereaved circles Of their
friends, and give to tAe- country the peace and in
pendence. to achieve which theg have offered them
selves willing sacrifices upon her bleeding affairs!
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Was instantly killed. in the first battle Of the
+" Wilderness" ON the 9TH Of Nav last, Orderly
Sergeant JAMES NJ. DoDS. son Of Madison Doom,
Of this place, and member OF Co. g 10 5th Viz
gina Infantry, . Stonewall Brigade" A singing
missile pierced his young heart. and REDEEMED his
naive soil with his warm blood He WAS bufi ed
on tn spot where heFeil, but his remains we're af-
forwards conveyed home by his father, and inferred
in thesCemetegy near this place. beside Iii s older
brother John, who yielded up his Inaetyr-apirit at
Port Republic. but little less than two wears be-
(wnose deecs, II recorded. Woad embelish tuanv a
page OF their,couatry's history who lave given
their lives in defence oftbeir country. and i'll vim
deation OF the rights for which we are struggling
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