The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-10-27
OUR TERMS.
Death OF Lieut.. colonel James II. Hail.


Death of Lieut.. Colonel James X. Hall.
Late Saturday last, n telegram brought
the mourniul intelligence that our gal.
liant young ftienI and townsmon- Lieut..
Col James R. Hall, Of lbcl8th w. V.
V, Twas numbered among the slain
OF the terrible battle Of the 10Th inst,
at Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Val.
ley.
Blu. few weeks have passed since we
noticed his arrival at his patornal homo
in this place, emsciated, anil crippled
with shattered arm and pasied leg,
wounds received at the battle of Kerns
town, Watched over. and cared for, by
doing parents and loving sister, he rap
idly improved; but nIasl zeal in the
cause he had sworn 10 serve, oveTcame
the endearments Of home, and the socie.
ty Of relatives, and objvious Of the advice
aud persuasion Of fiends and acquain
tances, he repaired 10 the post of duty
and danger long ere a prudent regard
for ultimate health or herd campaigning
: dictated.
Col. II, after receiving a military odu.
cation a. the Institute a, Lexington, Va,
engaged in mercantile pursuits in this
place as clerk in the firm Of Beolc, Hall
d Co., and at the time of entering the
army, was Deputy Sheriff Of this county.
Under the call for troops in the Summer
of'62, he issuing the following spirited
appeal, recruited company within a
week, and was elected Captain;
"Felow citizens Of Mason county,
You are well aware that we are in the
midst OF war "a cruel, wicked aud un-
necessary war, brought upon our country
by ambitious designing demagogues,
and wicked and bad men, TO destroy the
best government the world ever knew.
Many of our friends, and friends of the
Union are already in the field, noby bat
Ting for the country and the perpetuity
of their Liberties; but they are outnum
bered by the traitors, they having more
men in the field than we have, Shall We
stand By as idle spectators in this unjus!
and unholy contest, in which our very
existence as a nation is concerned. For
one, l say no, never | propose to 90
to the rescue, won'tyou 60 with me?-
Our cause is the cause Of our country,
and the cause of human rights. APP
peal to you as freemen worthy of that
noble heritage, TO come to the rescue Of
your brethren in arms--to the rescue Of
your country from the grasp Of !yron's.
Let Us srike.f9r our seUa;ry, cur Iibcr
ties, our affairs, and our fires"
Upon reporting at the capital for
Captains commission, he was commits,
stoned LI.-Col of lie new Regiment then
being raised in the Kanawha Valley
His solicitude for those in bis command
many ofwhom had been his school.
mates and lifelong acquaintancos, and
his sense of duty as an officer, kept him
constantly in camp, except when disa.
bled as we have mentioned Though the
18th had not previous TO this Summers
severe campaigning, been in mary en-.
gagements, yet in such encounters as
had fell to its lot, Col. II. had evinced
such promplitude and efficiency in COM
mand, that he had acquired the reputO
ton Of brave and gallant officer, and
possessed I'LL his death the love and re-
spect Of his companions in arms
The particulars ofthis sad occurrence
not yet having been received, we unror.
tunately, cannot speak of the circum.
stances attendant upon his sudden, and,
considering the state of his health, up.
expected DEATH Judging, however, from
his CbivaIric career hitherto, We doubt
not he yielded his young life in the hca,
Of battle, and died as he would have
wished to die, in mortal combat with bis
loved countrys foes; but ofhis character.
iStics as n man we can ooOr tribute.
He possessed qualities of hear, not Of
ten found in one so young, Obligng
kind, cOncilinting and generous, no wor
ard eyer retained The re,neel. gooL