, 1864-11-16
THE LATE GENERAL RANSOM,
Obituary Sermon Preached on Sunday Even
Ing Last, b. ReF. VI. d. Ryder, D. D.

lhE LAIE GkhEkAl kAkSOM.
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Obituary Sermon Preached on Sunday Even
ing Lasl, ~ hef' ". H. Ryoef, u. D. :
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Ihe Lille OF the Lamented a'end.
Brigadicr General Edwin Greenfield Ransom, Res
". 4. Ryder, D. D., pastor OF St raul's Church
IN taas ev. oenvesea an ooalusls sermon Las
Sunday evening from his own pulpit The churc
was crowded. The sermon was mastery effort
w. ~ 80 .se spase va" ~. ~. nos
enan 70 c8uact nat pofuon "men more immed9
atey pertains to the biographical sketch Of the dc
The 1tWos taken from !. sampe,. o IN. .vTbor
49, ..Se-es ~, taaas, tn 49, -. - -,
snaa nonos me s VII ~ t ihe PC afst Pafs q IN
Pee.s % PC aonored. Inc speaker eloquent
sKetehed me dnts Me owe 70 o1f country, sspecl
anE 10 c9nnn NE ouIel ana a. snen l, Tine
| etTncnon. He psocecaea;
| We especially honor God When With our dc
soti9n to a n96le eanse, We blend the higher mosa
der 70 bis Creator Is e apply to his own lie thos
s eGs hss esrq 5 bs
Joy Theories shout religion is one thing; life In re
ligion Is qntte another Ills possible III work fol
an eIslted principle Which has: at the game time
but little influence upon the life. lrrcliSions mel
VIII generously give FOR tho support O. the tnsttu
tions Of religion and nen Of very defective char
scters may shed ne their blood fof the genernl vel
es, are very selfish In their actions they show
their devotion to the country by making all the
] money they can ont Of the war; On he othel
hand many good people do nothing with theil
Eooducss-ttls Is latent principle they keep theil
light hid under bushei they need to Lear
Of Ills rclicion-hoW hest thcy could honor hin,
whose disc3p1es they claim to be- viz; by sacrifice
by working for others by upholdnr
Il IL easier fof oilers to to vail vail Ia ths
way Of duty, This Is religion ,uauifestcd-fucar
mated. Not u Fpeech, or feeling, OF sound oi
tuai, earnest Useful living. These msIe christians
that shine Is stars in The moral drmamept-ibesa
make men that upbind Kingdoms. and nlaut them
apon The immovahle Foundations of tIuth ana jas.
world tue heroes; and It is not TOO much to say,
h,s sneD s,s "a, ysa 4Seas IL TD Greenfield
17th Army Corps, for With dietins nsuished services
mor qualities WheS a1s M Ss .nose sae q
all who knew him. He was hero in the true
sense Of. the word-sach hero rs in this day, and
Lei ua e-ronp around Els pa.ne few Of the more
prominent facts IN his brief but cppspicuOns nntl
useful life, and rckindle our chrisu1n patriotism:
with The Distinguishing claracteristics Of h.s lts
Gen. Rmsom was Corn at Norwich, Madison
1881. Ills father, Col. Trueman d. Ransom, wss
born in Woodstock, Union county, Vt, in 1S,a.
and was for some time President Of the Norwich
tary element va. made prominent The students
were regularly trained in the manual Of arms. and
OF coufse obtained great proficiency: They made
= tour. think a N ns hoston, IN the summer of
1sa6 ana q course attracted mTsh attention They
were called Norwich cadets. Thomas Edwin was
then about y yeass OF age, but II my memory
ss1ses et me ngns!y. re- accompanied his father on
mat TOUR: any rate the military element Of the
school must have made deep impression upon
ne dexeloping nature Of the lad; On the break
1ng o1t O. shs Ae3ican d var hts iather promptly
regiment o. s. Volunteers, and went to the field.
Az NeW ENGLAND, hoWsoeFer DIVIDED the people
may haye been as to the Justice Of the war awards
place. After participating in seyeral battles, and
IN every instance displaying distinguished ability,
ne !ell at NC stotmimg OF Chepultcpec, Sept ~,
ton or which the announcement ct big death made.
Ipoutn me loea OF ms eqoauy brave son, and for
Raasn aG eegfGe &C. ,mGse = o. tas ahe1 Col
~ -Aanoo. 4au th ~ C1 - M .4 uil.ett ~ nls up
I'm, e. III a1 tehir 91c
dear To- those Who Know him best, hey ~ were much @
S t. ano Css " us aenftai EI u saH Nvlne,
sbe resRes ~ Ne : W. nf 1ras nn neesnt ,
6nri seTce ~ 81 gm Brao On ~ est al 'ne
1s ana 1i,3, IL nncio ~ ruG spI1ns OF
aad ~ WIZ 1h 1is dne1e M eson became In
e. r. aie,Tara GsIrsd IN Ike ba sanc .H~ay basnsy
died II Sept: 1ss6:
sqeT bad npon aRi the a national @ das tGa;
Of Union . Between Saturday night and Wsdnss
nois Infantry, at o'clock Of The latter day had the
men IN Springfield, and before he slept he and his
company tS YETI , accepted g INTO he service Upon
he was elected Major. In June following he was
promoted to Lieut. Colonel. He was commissioned
eSlope1 FEY days 1S hsfo5e the battle Shiloh 70
Fort Donelson, vice ". L. L, Wallace. nromotei
TO Dng: General. In The spring Of ISL he was
seeted to th;s ns rs9k o5 dato
services at Shiloh and at the Siege OF Corith. In
etheq bfanc Of the iav seTyee r. nS S a5d
md been Connected The fnrtihrat,nns ,rhieh h c
,uilt during tat seise stil remain. and bear hIs
Gen Ransom az IL uni, ren,cuh.,,d h., ,ho.
ands Of Cratcfpl hearts was cnnnccted w}th ~
rnous Rcd River ernedition It secma tn i.e 1a a1o
nhannv hat,ie ~ Pioaaan fii saE anu
f tie pInv wit Wh;cb h;s edsGe ,r,s aar
ron comGete and orersh M n1nimn ;sssa W. SneGtea
ny soldier as % connected with the expedition what
nd thc ne1 nat enasn Macn aanssr VIZ thiGkest
unft 1,Gtt r ~ aaa yon % not have
os1 re11 iEng ,or an M ana thongh thousand
IN snae1e wra ssas ~ fn put 9ne OPINION.
harise+o1 nsnm ~ Mas {H ho9F nmef Eounaed; At
NV IS 4 a sH,ob isS1 KIT, Il fGFa i PEI
Ta,s onnd a da Ans y, ,,,
nd irnnnii hin tn chics~o svhor va w saca,x
hm aH cono1tM,,9fons % ~ and Mneee Re fece1sea
uhiic IL msedeS rest Ha bad 5ocn VI gsadIn tdr
eUice continually IN MissonH Kentuel4v = "TfaSe T.,,
ckscc. Missiseinp{. Georgia. Aial,amn Tnn;sfenn
nd Tcxaa; bnt On TIC @ s7ih Of Jniy. even e beiape
be c1iccncies Of TIC Cause In Northern eorass roa.
ernanded his services, be removed to The fSost
ghcrc he best liked to be. Throu Oh the remnin.
Ter or the summer he was in good Health. and tonf
n active part IN the duties of that n1omentous
amFaign which has given The North 80 consnicn.
us az 5dya1tage,a As wss IN the battle ef fJ jones'
nd was one Of the rejoicing host that entered H.
tty Of Atlanta soon after It was Abandoned by the
Eposing army. - 'D0
keady for new .ictories, % yet not seriously
armed By lead OF steel, he, to whom death had "a
ften looked but not ret called away, 1;as now tn
seeivs the summons which sooner Or later comes IS
The early part Of October found him sick. u;a