Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-24
COLONEL THOBURN.

GOLUhEL 1dOoO In
Arrival of his Remains at the Baltimore De-
pot, Saturday eUening-Concou Of PEG
ple-Action of the Central Union Club
Appointmeset of Committee to Take
Charge of the FunerdI-PrepardtiOn jor
that Event, and also for the Funerals of
Capt. Bier and Sergeant Jenkins.
We announced on Saturday morning
that the remrins of our lamented fellow
citizen, Colonel Joseph Thoburn, lately
commanding the 1st division in the Army
of West Virginia, who was killed on We'd
nesday last, at the battle of Cedar Greek,
might be expected by the evening train.
Accordingly, before the time for its arri-
val, a considerable crowd of citizens, in
GLIDING civilians and military, and also
including women and children, had assem-
bled at the depot of the Baltimore aud
Ohio road, all seemingly drawn together
by a warm sympathetic interest in the I'M
timely fate of the gallant deceased. The
train came in promptly on time, and the
remains were found in the baggage car in
rough coffin, and were at once taken
and carried into the passenger room of the
depot, in order that they might be prop
eriy dressed and afterwards transferred to
the metallic coffin that was in waiting.
All except a few persons were shut out
from the passenger room, and at once the
box containing the remains was opened.
They were found decently clad in proper
under garments, and the body was as we'll
composed in respect to appearances as could
have been expected under the hurried cir
cumstances of the battle field Twigs of
green lockwood, friendships last offering
and farewell, had been scattered from head
to foot, and a clean cloth had been kindly
and gently laid over the face. AS soon as it
was removed aud view of the familiar
face obtained, the exclamation of every one
was, chow naturall" The dead hero seem
ed to lie as in sleep, and there was moth
ing, save little paleness, and little glis-
tening hardness of the skin, to show that
he was sleeping the sleep that knows no
waking. The expression of the features
was very serene, and never did the fine,
open and soldier-like face and forehead of
the deceased appear to greater advantage.
One would have supposed that he had SUIT
fered little or no pain. The nature of his
wound, however, as we'll as the testimony
of Capt. Reid, Provost Marshal on his staff,
who had accompanied his remains, and
who had been with the Colonel during his
last hours, indicated that he had suffered a
great deal. He was shot just under the
lower rib, on the left side, and the bsll
passed out little higher up on the right
side, apparently near the junction of the
ribs with the spinal column. Capt. Reid
informed us that both lungs had been pen
etrated, and that the loss of blood had been
very great. The circumstances of Colonel
Thoburn's death, as related by the Captain,
are as follows: He was killed about six
o'clock on Wednesday morning. The
hod ht,ro -
which occupied the extreme front, about
o'clock that morning, and as the dispatches
have already shown, had surprised and
oVerpwoered it. 1t had been driven steadily
back as far as Middletown, indeed through
that place, and Col. Thoburn at the time
of his death was busily engaged disentan-
Cling and pushing forward his retreating
trains. The rebel cavalry bad Aanked the
left of our army and in large numbers had
come in on the trains, attacking them
fercely. One of them dressed in our uni.
form rode up to Col. Thoburn and COM
manded him to halt. The Colonel not
knowing that the rebel was foe, in fact
not knowing that it was himself addressed,
did not halt, and accordingly the cavalry
man fired, the ball taking effect as we have
stated. He fell from his horse at the side
OF the street, on vacant lot, and he there
remained for considerable time accord
ing to the statement of a lady who had paid
him some attention while lying there
She was compelled to leave him by reaa
son of the danger near her person from ex.
ploding shells, &c, and betake herself to
her cellar. A gentleman of the place, after
the battle had lulled little, took the Co.
lionel into his house and had him cared
for in a passable way. 1t was in this
house that Captain Reed found him about
dusk in the evening He was sensible all
the time. up to two minutes past twelve
that night, at which time he died. He
suffered excessively toward the last half
hour of his life, yet managed to talk at
times, and was perfectly resigned and
calm. As soon as Capt. Reid found him,
be sent of and called in the Medical Direc-
tor, who hastily examined the wound and
pronounced it not mortal, and stated his
hope that the Colonel would survive it. |
Colonel Thoburn, himself a physician,
merely shook his head, saying nothing
The Surgeon of the 10th West Va. Infantry
was called in, AID he without hesitation
decided that the wound was mortal, and
that the sufferer could not live over night.
When this was told Col. Thoburu, be re-
piled that the news did not shock him In