Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-28

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| & Another brase officer of the gallant army
Of tho Shenandoah has fallen; spirit
baptized with the gentle deWs of Helicon,
though robed in the pAnoply,of Mars, has
fallen victim 70 REBELLION r415
Capt, r. g. Bier, A, AZ g. The name
should be written deep within the hearts
of the people OF West iVirginlal for whose
honor and safety he saerifeed his young
and brilliant life. How he was esteemed
and loved In life 10 anlfirient reason for
his being 60 honoFea and % m0urned in
death. The mute, heroic face, atilk brave
and lovely In the strong <l1lshca of BID
last enemy; the frm, but gentle Andsintel.
ligent lineaments Of as. brave hero as eV.
or trod Thsrmopylaes or Bunker Hills on
the banks Of the warsscarIed Shenandoah,
this noble, manly, patriotic eountenance
looks up to Us, through the 10y barriers oi
death and seems to say, "Thas much have
Flowed you, and my country 10 honor d,
Even the good Jesus thought 1t wonder
fpl that one man should die for another,
bat here is one who died for us. In these
bloody days when whole heeatomhs Of gall
liant men are hourly offering themselves
as martyrs for our holy cause, Il may seem
strange that 30 much should be written Of
one among the many. ulcs iud gle. lfaa
But he is o brilliant representative OF
them all. His name will be placed upon
the same SCROLL with all Americas inimor.
tai dead, and with theirs shall live through
All coming ages, In life he was only
proud to place himself upon the same foot
ing as his fellow soldiers, and never sought
to rob another of his laurels. The uni
yersal love that all had for him proves
this clearly. knew Captain Bier in coll
lege. He and I were classmates In the
same class of which he always stood at
the head. Frank, generous 70 q fault,
intelligent far beyond any Of his fellow
students, the acknowledged star Of the
college, admired and praised by the pro-
fessors and his fellow. students, and yet he
was as modest and unassuming as child.
Indeed he was o child of genius, and at
Everything seemed to como to him as II
by Intuition, but with all these great talents
he was great worker. he labored hard
and accomplished much, ssoutstripped us
alI At the race of mind, and yet his kind,
genial disposition never allowed him 70
wound the feelings of the most lowly.
In August, 1862, he left. the halls Of
learning, and entered the army as com.
mon soldier, Hfull Of ambition and bright
hope, I, determined to win his way to honor
and position by his yAlor and integrity:
No warmer heart ever beat for the Un.
ion. No soul ever throbbed nth deeper or
more patriotic emat ms than hill -, y
his'soidisSiS sAas ~ and unliorm good
was slill The same man. No naughty Mrs,
no supefcilions word o. ac.loh4 came, as It
dOes too often, With promotion. Soon be
was raised to o staff position for gallantry
in action. 1 saw him myself 10 the dlsAs-
trous retreat OF MIIFoy from Winchester,
abandoned by .otiests Who should have
commanded him, but,NhoJ ran away and
left him. I saw him asia thousand others
did, and the 12th West Virginia regiment
will never forget how nobly he acquitted
himself there. 5,..., 4er a., iu -.
How much he Was beloved by Generals
Sigel, Sullivan and Kelley and their staffs,
as we'll as by General sheridan and his
stat, will no doubt be soon proclaimed to
you ina public manner by all those HON
oredofic6rs. BE Wssupon theistafs Of GEN
erals Sigel, Sulliyan and Kelley, and lastly
acting as Adjutant' General for General
Sheridan, .t.,s.,.y, h. I .-,f ft.,.is .t,s.7s
| l was Intimately acquainted with the
Il 'OoftuAHt9t - hbhH tAnAp w
| fore he went into the, field, and as com.
mon soldier Was near him for two years at
i the trout, and always found him the same
genial companion in whatever place / met
4 him. ~ isaiao5 OF 80 issiDPsT a. -ii.t +
Aud Is he deadi Is that tongue never
more to utter its silvery musical accents oi
love and genius, ,whiek once were as sweel
I TO me as the voice Of songR Is that bril-.
i liant genius that delighted us so often viii
A its bright creations forever quenched II
the darkness OF the grAve2y Is his seat IL
ieollege,- and in the councils of war to re
ifemain henceforth Eacaut2 Farewell, my
fellow. .etudehH my fellow. soldier, farewell
the tomb thou didst seek, nil laurel crown
ed and glorious, the monument OF. nobI'
life and . glorious death, these and placl
-lin,thy couutty's history, and in . thous6nt
Iptond but mournibg hearts DO thine for
,la0AtEnoFe. Gr9. ;fsNi ~
M There is one heaFt that must be ~ pol'
d a. thine L. to. night before thou artiforgOt
Il ten. In life my, frisndy my brother M
lnohle brotherj and in death still dearsr th.
lmempfy to me. .sssrs 4. t5's-., 80. 20
a .et.s J 9 lliic iH1laThe eternal chance, ~
Al = NAT afasps humanity with quicker range;
4 ~ And they who fan but fall a worlds will fall.
10 rise again moro bright spirit Ger them ail.
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