Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-11-30
OBITUA AIRY.

Capt. JOHN PEARSON BATES 'disd at Green
Pond, on the S. C. Coast, Nov. 5th, 1861.
Hs belonged to Col. LIPscoMB's Regiment of
Cavalry. He served in tho campaign: Of Viz
ginia on the Potomac, and Was ever true and pa
triotip.
He was in the 3sth year Of his ago, and only
son Of venerable and hishly esteemed mother.
He hos left Wifo and Eve young children, with
all tho domestic ties of tepaornsss that make life
90 dear. To them his death was unexpected, anu
came With all the seYsrity Of sudden shock.
Asa husband, father, brother, friend and neigh
Dor, he was o model of.oxcellsrco and worth: No
man was moro esteemed by bis nsighbors for tho
integrity, kindness, and sobriety Of ais life.
Blessed with fine cheerful temper, he nas loved
BY all who kpcn him.
Before the war, hs was a Orig. General in the
Militia of his State, and faithfully discharged
all his duties to the public. .
II, whiloL Lis family and kindred will. mourn his
oas, in the vigo- of manhood, as those who gfi.ye
for the best of husbands, the tcnderest Of fahers
the noat sdutiful Of sena, and ihe kindest Of
brothers.
From tho South carolinian.
In Momoriam.
OF lhe many corpsss that strewad the battlo-
fold at Charlestown, August 60, 1864, attention
was directed to that of delicate youth, rho, in
contra distinction to others, lay With hands field
ed on his breast and veil 6Tar mia fsce,; as
though the love Of relatives CT the devotion Of
friend. had soothed his latesG hour. 1t vast
corpse Of the color of the glorious division
on that sreuiful d5y-RAND 0LPu BACON. 4
Micro boy, promoted 10 that petition for gallant
conduct at Cold Harbor in July, in little moath
he marehed with high rosolvu and Lcrtic step tc
this promotion to doath, inssniuch that an enemy,
usually dead to generous impulses and stranger
to the dictates Of humanity, impressed by The
signal conduct of his gallant foe, had extended
I'd him in ertremis thu lxst sad duty Of friend
folded his arms to rest and closed his eyes for
ever.
In the early part of 1861, Randolph Bacon was
IN officer in tho College Company at the Furnan
University. The ssrYiccs Of Nst uemrany hay
ips bsen rendered and declined because Of i.z
youthful members, lie JOINED tie Butler Guards
a. a private. With :hat glorious band Of youth
full horoes, (noT keoomo IS famous G,s wa evsr
ihs proudest Of the Imperial Lsson,,) for nearly
four yssis, amidst toll and danger, with want
nnd pain, wouads aAd imprispnmeEt, Eet with
pride and spirit, he marched ever where duty
called or ps r:o,iim pointed, till the stion
expected by all heroes met him on the szcred
plain Ct Caarlestown. lie Nas m,do prisoner at
the first M.ns:saa, badly wYr:;,led st Malvern
Hill, taken prisoner again 1t Gsttysburs, pro-
NOTED for gallant conduct at Cold UarSor and
killed at -Charlesto1n.
lie uas a kindly Christian gentleman and
child Of thsrcorenant. AS in life lie had tesn
Lind, so in dsath ho was gentle. "whcro hs fell
he lay"-rhere he lay Eo 1iea--whers 10 died
ho elesps forever, surrounded by his mighty Conn
RADIOS, tho host of the unre:ortled ds.d," now
unrscordsd, but to whose worth, sooner or later,
this country must erect her statsliest tomb aud
point her purest shafsof PnTau marb:s--on whose
summit shall stand her patriot.soldicr, alone and
alosf, whers none can stand beside him-the Yen-
eratisn of their native land, the glory Of CRATE
full country and the pride and admiration OF al
mankind.
For him and them. and I'll the host of martyred
patriots, 0phtli.'s beuiton:
"0f all Christian sorl.,
Ipray God, God bu w yOu." )