Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-01-27
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OBITUARY.

DIED, on tho 18th instant, Of Brain: Fever
CHARLES WISE, youngest child Of DR.. j..
and Mrs. r. DEyoRH, in. the 9Th year of hi
age.
My dear little CHARLIE,
There's notn garden walk we tread,
There's not O. flower VIC see,
But brings to mind some hope that's fed,as
Some joy that's gone with thee"
But
"All that's bright must fade
The brightest still tho feetest;-
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest"
DIED, on the evening of the 9th. of January,
after o ehort but severe illness of only four days,
JENNIE, daughter of EDWARD and NANCY PRES
LEY, md adopted daughter OF JoHN +. and Rachel
S. Burns, Of Edgefeld District.
Deep grief rests on these once happy house.
holds; for q bright aowerhas boon suddenly snatch
cd away by the cruel hand of Death, to bloom, in
Eternity. JENNIE, the gentle, and pure-hearted,
fs gone from us. Her voice is hushcd on Earth
orsyer. The place that knew her will know her
no more. Nothing can ELL the aching void made
in the now desolate home-cirole. Scarcely fifteen
years Of unclouded sunshine, has she trod HES
pathway, endearing herself to all cby her many
beautiful traits Of character. The world was
bright before her ; and just advancing to woman
hood, she gave promise Of being an ornament to
the little circle in whichshe moved. The faTorits
of her schoolmatss, she walked among them un-
conscious of the love they bore her. Long, long,
will her memory be dear to us. May He enable
the bereaved to say, "Thy will be done"
GOh she was too fair and dear
For our troubled pathway here;
Haaven,-that was hor natural sphere.
Has its OWN removed"
"A FRIrXD.
FELL, in = skirmish in front of Knoxville; ON
the 18th day of Nov. last, Private
BROWN, Co. X, 18th Regt. S. c. v.
WILLiAM BaswN Was enlisted as q recruit TO
the above-named Company in the carly portion
Of 1862, and continued with us, In all the
dangers and hardships of shc soldiers life, having
enjoyed remarkably good health he was absent
only once from the Company, and then only Tor
a short time. AS o soldier he was prompt in the
discharge of duty, and behared well in battle;
as q man he was temperate and pious, much OF
his time bong devoted to tho reading OF the
Sc-iptureszand tho praise of God.
He died in the e2sth year of his age, leaving o
= loving vito and several little children, whom he
loved most dcyotedly. Ho also lelEabehind two
brothers in tbs same Company. With his family
and friends We sincerely synipathizc, and e.
pecially with tho bereaved wife. We hope and
believe that hor husband is now where the
= wicked cease from troubling, sad the weariod
are at rost" H.I. BYhD.
PRIVATE II. G.. HARRISON, Co. r. 18th &C.
RECT, and SON Of Jas. S. and MARY A. HARRISON,
the subject Of this brief notice, was born March
2Is. 1916, and enlisted for the war in tho above
named Company ut the time of its organization,
when he was scarcely moro than l6 years Of age.
He served his country most faithfully upon tho
Coast Of South Carolina, in the Virginia, Maryland
and Pennsylvania campaigns and in the West. as
q soldier he was cheerful, brave and prompt-ever
ready and willing to discharge his duty. 1t is
ozrssl. $1,000 tb,f In b,Iopuad IN ICppcuAw'a
Brigade, LoXGsrREET's Corps, and rs a soldier of
such q command has ever acquitted himself with
honor. at the baltic Of Chickamauga hs gallan-
try was such rs to wiH tho admiration Of all WHO
witnes,od it. In aheavy skirmish near Knoxville,
on the 18th Of Nov. last, while nobly fighting for
Southern rights he fell dead, pierced through the
right breast and left thigh.
Endowed. with energy and perseverance,, he
had only to have lirod to have made for himself
u namo and left an impression of his worth which
the lapse of years could only haVo effaced but
he was cut down in the very bloom of youth,
when the qualities which characterized the man
wcrs just bcing fully developed.
1t grieves the writer to think hew inadequate
tho use of the pen must of necessity be when an
attempt is made to do justice to the memory Of
one so gifted, gallant and noble.
Hehas left behind him, fond parents, an affec-
Tomato sister and two youthful brothers, to whom
we offer our sincere sympathies.
A short time previous to The departure Of his
Regiment from Virginia to go to Chattanooga, he
sent tho accompanying farewell address to his
parents, whom no so deyotedly loved, in which he
so tenderly tolls them that if it be Gods viii that
he shauid fall in the defence of his country Ae vas
ready to make the sacrifice.
Farewell to thee father although / am young,
I 90 the wars wild alarms,
Our country to save from oppression and wrong,
Or dc with my comrades III arms.
Farewell, father, dear! I may nsTer again
Eondly gaze on those locks thin and gray;
But if in the conflict of battle I amssIain,
To meet thee in Heaven I pray.
Farewell to thee, mother! No love is ike thine,
So lasting, so deep and so pure:
And trust, through the goodness of Providence,
To retern to thy bosom secure.
Farewell mother, dear! Ii I die far way,
Thy Heart will be grieved for thy son,
But God will sustain thee, and cause thee to cay,
"Thy will, Righteous Father, be DONE"
Farewell to you, brothers too Dear little boys,
You know not tho meaning Of foe
May God make me strong in defence Of the cause,
And save you, my brothers, from voc.
Farewell, my dear brothers DC loving and good,
And mind what dear mother may say
Your brother will ceme back if best that he should,
For God can his enemies slay.
Farewell, sister, dear GGSahon I think of the wrong,
The fends would inhict if they could,
I can scarcely refrain from pClluting my tongue,
With a curse on the black-hearted brood.
Farewell, my dear sister! may God keep you puro,
Surrounded With comforts and friends,
And blcst with t~he.grace that alone can secure,
The bliss that We know never ends.
Farewell to you all and my last it may be,
But may God whom I reverence and tea-,
TO q home that is blcst, in;s land that is pure,
Bring safely tho young Volunteer.
H. /. B.
A telegram from Dalton states that the
officers and soldiers Of Bates brigade unanimously
.Ia.4.a q rnsnlntinn nnr.ain ~ TO nnIisE for the