Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-07-13
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DEED, TN the Yth i.st, at hdgafeld, MARY
REBECCA, daughter Of Gov. and Mrs. NJ. l..
DoyuAM aged l3 months and II days. "Of such
is the Kingdom Of Heaven"
p1Ep, in Raleigh, n. c., on the oath June,
1864. Of Typhoid Fever, RICHARD 7. GAR
T'ETT. of CO. X, 9Th S. C. Regiment, aged 1s
year. mud seven months.
Although hut boy he ras noble, true, and
brare and died iast where al true patriots Torld
preferto die, u. the aa,y in TITO seryice 'i his
bleeding country.
KILLED on tho 23rd May, in Virginia, JAMES
BOYD, in the 46th year of his age.
He died tho soldiers dealhi not only that or
South.rr colder grarri;es wit uur Northern fee
~, neriy, But be also died soldier of tie Cross.
The casualties Of wsr have swertas madaen-
ing delugs through onr ranks, and hurled many
a valiant soul into judgement, bat It's deaoia'ing
tide has horne upon Ito SsSe' no.S Dur or
Lf.yef than IAnGa BOIpA 10 lose who knew
him beet lis u~..!..tncss Of character was bet
t..oEn, and none were Hore intimately aequaint-
cd With him in all the relations OF ne tnah the
writer of this; and it may be truly saia tnat
mnoblsr soul never glowed in human form
Th. kncll of death falls sadly and ieaIiniiy
unon our ears at any tiulo eu. when II SOUNDS the
depseHng hour Of those established In ail INA.
coinmond, manhood; men nhoSe virtues are not
only a. lamp to tho unwary feet of their children,
but to others around them; whose purity oi char-
ac,cr is an exaupls 10 those who ioiiow ai'i
them, some Of the strongest siIoWs VI soIio'J uie
torn nsuude-. Well and truly dla nc aet hlS par
,rhcn at hom. as III. nber OF sUciety, the Churcn
snd "a a Mn,on nobly too did ho act his part on
the battlefield But the missiles OF aeAtn sna
mourring know NO. distinction their ia'ai'y N
felt alike by the noblc aud ignoo!e.
Hs has left vito and four children to mourn
on; ,naraLle loss: but weep not Tor hiui, LOT ms
last words uero, die happily. EeF eaanay ail.a
tn, rood siuu meets death. Tic ho,u MIN 49,
away its sting, and he enters through asa.n in'o
life everlasting. ,,I
Dryp, on tho sOth of May, at Fair Ground no, .s..
uitai, Gu., sHEMUEL W. OuZls' IN 'no '''"
year of his age. e.,..,,. ,.rv;c, for
~ I'm t;.o ycnr, dischsrgins his duties as
.j,licr faithfully On the 10Th ot May nc nas
wounded in the leg 20 severely as to require an-
,,rt.t;nn ue had bosn the subject o1 disease !,
rrorcanucnt ON camp life which assumed 'ypn,!a
foIm and this, to ecthcr with the SHOCK ironi LIS
wound, caused his death. ,,.hor, bo ~, %
He has left n stricken widdoT 10 mnTu no nSs
most tcuderly attached and four niue ooys' u. W..
he has left to them the priceless .ssu'. rd ,otha,
and spotless memory. To MS ia'ne' sao,;no,air e.
| he was devoted son, and he moSt anees'ns'e'1
aosaeVI e .ba.s n, Who have batted in this unprece
den,od unholy and mos. cruel MaIlaTs. ;s., him :,
The Chaplain of his Regiment vi'!"o nin ~
his illness, and on converssg with MN aseia1c.
that he bad never luet with ono 80 eonposeI r.
perfectly willing to die. Low DsSu'1. hn IN 80,
ncts. Of the Cbrist< warrior Gr.hia WHY ba - e.,
ying his couat5y due! NC: ,":sel ~ &C.,. g ran,s,u
His last words 10 his bereavcd vile were reuien;
b.r s that you ars aortul-nesI me in Ias Heaven ;
The Church to which he belonged VIII iuhg n,1,
in i,s choir the beautiful vtice 't him "no wv
occupies the Soldiers grave.
Tho Christian soldier sloepeth now
In drelmless. peaceful rest'
No cannon's Ioar, nor battles u'n
.Disturbs his pc se:ess brea'',
In tho first mothors fatbtni arHa
His pierced and wenried farm
Ills spirit with rs Maker, aod'
Forever safc from harm;
s. A. l..