Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-10-14

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called and did not GO, this man went. a
soul appearing before God perfuiued With
a slors like this must he Blessed The
9Th Maine. owed i;s discipline and its cour-
age to him. Ii discipline skill and cour-
age show how true Colonel Burpham had
been" The speaker had not the time to
follow ont the record Of lis history, but its
p,oNe.s. successes. &c will be r ad here
after" General BUrnhan's care of the
men under him was not the least Of his
merits. He did not hesitate at Antictam
to demonstrate against an order issued tor
him to move oil a certain point, and thro'
his rcmons;rance the order was counter
mandcd. \ previous reconnaissance had
shown NE General that the enemy lie in
ambush aud the carving out of the order
was impossible. and involved certain de-
struction to his regiment
His promotion came at last later than
warm friends wished but it came, fairly
coerced from the government by his mer-
its. 1t came not through political niiu-
encc. but by solid merit. What wonder
when last at home that pleasant schemes
were formed for tie future, and that life
took on a peasan; and hopeful hue. What
wonder that life seemed so very sweet while
dwelling on these pleasant schemes, that
when the summons came calling him
away. for the last time, it caused II tingc
Of sadness 10 come over his spirit. There
are not many aspects of death that seem
sweet to the active and the Young; and no
poetry can he thrown around IT to make 1t
seem different from what it appears.
Men grow old and lie, but society. com
try. and principles live. Then let Us look
away from the fact Of death. to that which
liyc>.-to society, country, principles,--so
acting and living that these will be the
better for oar existence. Bat moralize Us
We will, who feel not the keen poicnaney
of those closely ailcd tn the dead. and
summons all the philosophy and faith We
can. de A4art vii! feel aud the spirit he
sad "a sacA une4, biz sorrow viii brood t
over the spirit Of his partne? TIL DEATH
1t will have its influence on all the family F.
and on his neighhors.
The speaker referred to tie members Of
the .'oli 9th" present, and how God had
turned away from them the messengers Of !
death, aud had preserved their lives.
lie also, fecIiHsly alluded to the gallant
young officer present, Cap, in Clark.
member Of the Generals military famiiy, |
and into whose arms the General almost
literally feA. oar thanks are due him,
said the speaker. for his great fidelity to
tie General while living. and for evidence
of friendship sinee.
After The last speaker had closed the
choir sang America" and the h.ncdig;ion
vas pronounced. Opportunity was new
given 10 such as desired 10 see the corpse
and the procession was then formed gnd |
to tie grave, and from thence
to the residence Of tie family. \ very /
large number were in Attendance, perhaps,
a. estimated, rs Many as l,5i@ persons
y rad aud sorroWful spirit persadrd tie
elileneug low deeply aai +
strongly tire whole community feed the
Heath of the General.
The General was about - years old,
md was married second time last winter.
He leaves Gye children hy lis former wife,
three daughters aud two sons. The eldest
son. having been on the General staff for
awhile.
We gather the following particulars Of
the engagement that terminated fatally te
to the General, from Assistant Adiutaut
General Charl.s 4. Clark, Tho was ON the
Generals staff, and the former Adiutant of
the 9TH Maine.
The General arrived from home to the
camp near the james river, Tuesday. and
the movement took place on "Wednesday |
night Crossed the James river and got
the line into position just before day light
Thursday morning. The Generals brig !
AIDE took the advance, the troops crossing |
the river at Aikcn's Landing, before day |
light half the brigade advancing as skirm-
ishers and the other half in column for
assault, Fell in with the enemy half |
mile from where We crossed the river, the |
enemy at this point consisted of skirmish
line cntrenched. Our skirmishcrs moved !
npon the enemy from their position
mt once, and for three miles had running
fight through Il solid forest, driving them
AS fast as the troops could march. Gen.
Durham was on the skirmi>h line cheer
Ing his men on and looking after all the |
details. General Ord aud General Stann- !
ard desiring that the encmy's works should |
be storhed ut once on arriving in front of
diem, the General made no delay whatever
but ordered the brigade forward, leading
them to the assault As our troops
advanced they opened tremendous fire
of some eighteen guns of different calibrc;
and as soon a. We were near enough they
poured upon us a whitening fire of musket-
~. The Generals line at this time was
supported by the I'd brigade, which was in
rear of the Isl in column of attack. The
General led his brigade in the assault, al