Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-07-20
Written for the Advertiser.
In Memoriam.

KILLED instantly in line of battle, at Peters
burg, Va, on the 22d June 1884,. GOODWIN
ROPER DURLS0E, in thc2ist year of his age.
This young soldior,boy had indeed for nesr
three years past FroYon himself ia hero in the
strife" Soon after he was seventeen yOnrs OF
are he entered tho contest for liberty, and Since
August 1851 had been serving his country with
L. Faithfulness and fidelity that would have re-
fected credit on one of maturer mind aRd re-
Election. His zeal for the cause ever prompted
him to the front, rs his cemrades and the hone
rablc wounds received in the battles round Rich
mond in '62, md near Spottsylvania in '6l, abun-
dantly attest. In fact had he done justice to his
. wound received only month previous, he would
have been in the Hospital at The time Of his
death. But no laggard spirit was his! His coun-
try he loved her enemies he hated ;-nnd at all
times and under all circumstances, he kept his
armor FURNISHED, and ever quickly grasped his
arms to drive back the inYater and indict pun
ishment ON his countrys direst fos. lIoT inscru-
table seems ihr decree Under whioh this youthful
hero who had served So long in the camp, and
acted go nobly in the fold, should, after three
years-sr toll and strife, be stricken dorn!-iust
when the skies begnn to brighten and hope bade
US look for "better days a. coming" But the
hero-bOy has fallen and his ardent dosire Of
battling tin the end-his proud aspiration of gee
ing our freedom gained and our independence eE
tabIished-has, alas been too early blighted;
and now in tho cold, dark portals of the silent
grave, with garments rolled in blood" he slum-
yers in the sleep Of death Gallant son ef TIE
South, Thy deeds honor thee in thy soldio!srayc ).
and thy kindred, thy comrades and thy country
will long revere thy memory, and do honor 70 thy
name. Thy warfare Ger, thy brave spirit has
"rassed over tho dark river and il, We trust,
reYeling in tho perfect love md eternal peace
ard happiness OF heaven. y
Goopwrs DunIsoc in the days of iaboyhool,
was of a gentle, kind, generous aud manly dispo-
sitOn, and was loved by his companions and re-
.spccted by all who knew him. His prospects for be-
coming useful man and good'citi2cn weretqrite
promising, inusmuch as he was possessed of in
dustry and endowed with clear mental faculties.
But the tocsin Of alarm is sounded through the
land-tho Northmen threaten to r,b us CT our
rights and reduce, us to yussalsgc the sons OF
the South arouse themselves and rally around the
banner Of the nStars and Bars and under its
broad folds no find this stripping, in company
with stout hearted brothers, friends and school
mates ready to meet the enemy and expell him
from our soil. From that hour until the day OF.
his death, through all the trying orde lis of'he
camr, the sentincls exposed and lenely round,
the long and weary march through sunmer's heat
or winters snow, or amid the dread conflict of
raging battle, GOODWIN DuRIsoE, when physical
ly able, was always ut his post, patrioteally and
impulsirrly performing his varied duties NTH
unleiyned chcerfulness and without Eurmur.
By so ennobling course Of conduct, he enjoyed
tho entire confidence of his officers, and the
friendship and esteem Of his compatriota in arms.
A brother's lase and admiration for brother'i
gallantry and honorable department prompts this
humble tribute to departed worth and the writer
feels well assured that the ties Of natural affection
have not caused him to pen one word in exrara-
CANT laudation. No, no, 100 much honor md
praise can never be larished qton.our bravo and
glorious Southern martyrs.
BY the untimely demise Of tbe4subjcct of this
notice, kind father and q loving mother and
sisters and brothers lave been made to mourn,
but they entertain the hope, that, through the
mercy and goodness of q Redeemcr on High,
they will all meet again beyond tho tomb, where
SORROW is unknown. u. II. u.