New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-13
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Col. Garter Van Week.
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The subject Of he following notice was wide
ly known public speaker, an eminent lawyer and
| universally bcloved End honofed rs oitilon;
Co. Carter Van vock. Of tie 18th III. Vol. died at
the field hospital Of the Second Division Fourteenth
Army Corps. near Atlanta, tho 23d Aug He bad been
sick for few weeks and remained at this hospital. but
feeling better on the lth OF Aug. he Joined bis regi
mont He reached 1t about O'clock ?. ~. md IN less
than five hoars was carried back stray shot or one
from shnrp.shooter's rife having struck him In the
head lust above the ef eye Tie ball could not be ex
tracei and he fingered Glong until the evening oil the
sd. and expired.
Major Moss Surgeon Of tho 7sth writing to his father
previous TO his DEATH says.
"Thers Is not Ell officer private In the regiment but mat
loves him for lbs sake lie ia Snow1 IN all the BRIGADE
BY officers and men, model man. He Il al any man IN
any station could ask both commander soldier or rena
awsy the in temper and his social qualities are sup
nor any ever met 1t not in my power TO give hs
qualities reputation they really emit in ,hs brsad' and
division he only be ~ bs loved tnd honorsd'
also sond you an extract taken from lo.ter OF
Charles Van Week, Co. G. 10th Regt, N Y. ", 'th
Corps before Petersburg. II was written after rece!V
ing the sad intelligence that his brother, Col Van
Week was mortally wounded. II seems to bnve the
ring OF tho true mota end ell the soldiers were actn
sted with tho same patriotic sea the Peace Copper
heads would be pretty roughly handled 1t shows that
sons Of the soldcTc are lighting TO restore tho Union
upon a substantial, basis: Jresdom from the Sav ehoders
Rebellion. IL 10 dated 49,.
"ArarsT ~, 1864
"DEAR BaoTHER: have Just heard t.at dear bTo'he
Il mora Ills end, the life Of Of Illinois best
and promising yong pillar of strength to any
su5 t soiciv Hissrnnse that be should bc taken aud
len but ways ere not ours aud must submit 70 h'
Divine VIII.
"This cruel war long and bloody when viii end Even
now hear the fierce Of eennon diiuIhs tue eVc5
air. although it long aer da. Every day some poor
soul rays ont Lis Ifs Tor his coauys fsi"r- s,e ai.
is kept up by Norbern copprrhsis Y.i, Northern
traitors that srr eve soldier Of TODAY for Mi, Is the
only hope the Rebellion hsto live upon. To-day ct Chicago
held Convention composed Of OF the bactet hearted
i'ai'os that over met for any political pafpo,e mi would
serve 'H " battery Of thirty pDuuders. loaded
with grape and canister trained upon them There may be
loyal among them. On. the most Of them aga back with
tiffany and future history will thus record tho.r deeds DO
you vh shake hands with Jea Dasi. sld his followers
aero. the gave Of your nob- broiher VIII you vote r
their restoration rqrs and for power, with While tie
North pay thef debts and own ioy ts IA what NC na'i
do, ifthc p-sco party rules.
"Our Corps the SID has received ca. r. selling
The Weldon Railroad nl the Rc5cs can never drive from
our position, strongly on;renchod by all methods
known to modem warfare Our regimen, has bu, eighty
kets lc We rly "a tho last battle bat ths victory
wa, ours" WV.