The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-18
OBITUARY.

HARRY JORDAN only ohiIa of d. J. Jordan
ESQ, formerly OF Lexington, Virginia, and now .
aiahilni, We moitally wounded June lst, 1864. a
the battle Of Gtircs's Mill, near Richmond by ;
MIME bail, which pierced his left shoulder AN.
passed entirely through his person. cutting til,
spinal chord and iniiieting most. hoIrii and pain.
iul wound After lingering fifteen days III the Rich
hioiid pal ho died the happy death of chris
tan, and Was buried III Hollywood Cemetery
Animated by the most chiyaifUus and patriotic
impulses, ths noble boy, AT the outbreak vi the war
threw ASIDE his books and joined the Liberty Hall
Volunteers, c5mpo.ed Of the flower of Virginia
youth, student of Wilmington COLLEGE aud wa il,
inc hist battle OF Manassas and several Of the ear
Her battles IN which the Stonpwal Brigade SO plori-
o':Y mstingulshcd ltself His health failing, lie
refined from the army, but shortly afterwards at
tached himself to a North Carolina regiInent-his
father having removed to that State-1nd was with
.bciuttgatd IN the defence Ut Charleston all last
summer IN such araous service that his company
lost fifty out OF seventy men. lie came to Virginia
last spring with that distinguished general and was
engaged III several of tile battles near Ptielslaro
ana hHiih0nd, always dlschafging with cheerful
Ness ana iciity all the duties OF a gallant soldier
ulii, lighting like hero i'll the ranks he fell i'm
ms mortal agony, and poured out his HES blood on
ms native SOIL, glorious martyr to the liberty Of
ms beloved country.
Poor Hal was a very handsome boy. full oy oen
cIous impulses and honorable alnbtion-of social
disposition, polished manners and unsullied charc-
Ter lie had received liberal education at the coll
legeS OF Washington ana William and Mary and
bid fur to make highly rcSpectablc member of So
qtty. "A thousand slaughtered Yankees would be
no expiation Tor the sacrifice of one such voutb
Many hopes are blighted and many hearts are sad
de!ied by his untimey but glorious and happy de ath:
out what language can portray the agony of his
dlSconsola:e parents, mourning for their only
n ld-of ms desoate and broken hearted mother
III her frantic gicf calling for her drrng boy neve,
ag;ln to be claSpcd III her loving aims Let the
parents reflect that their dear died eIorousv in
defence OF his country; that he has covered his name
with honor as one OF herimmortal maItyrs and that
there Is good reason IL hope that he has EXCHANGED
the Suerngs OF earth TOT the joys OF Heaven Their,
may they all meet again in few short yearsa
family III lleaven-to part no more folever! In
TINS deep atlllcton they may beassure of the warm
est coincidence OF all their Virginia friends
honng Jordan Qends would be wanting in graf
itGdc did they notTtnder their heartfelt acknowl-
edSenents to the noble ladies of Richmond and par
tlculal!y to Mrs. --- and daughter and TO Miss
-, refugees from Williamsburg, for their teyo-
ted attentions to this dear boy. Had he been son
or brother, they could not have nursed him with
tenderer affections Nor did their kind ministra-
tons cease even when the white-robcd messenger
came with radiant face and bore poor Harry to the
Angel choirs above. They decorated his BODY for
the tomb; and, as the unclouded was going down
ON glorious evening III June, party OF stranger
ladies, strolling through the cemetery observed the
preparations for IIarrA's burial and being informed
that he WAS soldier boy who had been killed in bat
tie and an only child, whose parents resided in the
Tar South they waited in sympathetic silence until
e laid III his long home and then moistena,i his
grave with tears and strcwcd it with flowers
Tod bless those Angcwomen with His richest bless
ngs III this world and i'll the world IL come