Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-09
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| CAMP.-In Herrick, Feb. 25th, Horatio n. Camp
son Of Fl. W. Camp, aged twenty-seven years.
In the early morn of our present national strug
CHE, he volunteered and was for time in his coun
try's service but the hardships of war were more
than his frail constitution could endure He re-
ceived his discharge and returned to his home, but
with the shafts of disease fastened upon his vitals
and for three years he slowly withered undera the
wasting power of consumption. We all love. the
yirtuous, magnanimous characters while with us,
but such rarely appreciated fully till seen,
| like birds of gilded plumage, with spread wings
passing away When gone We appreciate their
worth, and only then realize fully the greatness of
our own loss. HoRAT1o was known but to be loved
To be his acquaintance was to be his friend
Though smtten down in the morn of his years, the
integrity of his life and the hopeful calmness of his
death afforded another illustration of the great
truth that life is long which answers fes end. -
1--WE live in deeds not years in thoughts, not
breaths ; in feelings not in figures a dial"
POLHEMUS Milan, Nov Is, 1864, of enlarge
ment of the Liver, l.. V. d. Polhemus, of Som
erville, Somerset County, n. Y.
A NOBLE SOLDIER.
Among the costly sacrifices the nation has cost
but few have exceeded the we are about to
chronicle. The American people have yet to learn
the worth and Importance of the rank and file, the
private soldiery of the noble Union army. OF the
noble deeds and heroic sufferings of many ofwhom
it might he truly said, as of the flower Of the des-
| ert Born to blush unseen, and wasteits fragrence
on the desert air" FRANK MORGAN, the subject Of
| this bref memoir was the only son of PAGE and
| MARY MORGAN, residents of East Troy, Bradford
county, Pa. He was born in Pittsford, Vt, Sept
Sd, 1870 His early years gave promise of the flu
| ture soldier and self sacrificing patriot In the
early part of the war, it was his pride to unfurl
from his chamber window beautiful flag his moth
| er's hands had made. When the contest grew fu-
rous over the disastrous and bloody fields of Bull
Rum and the President sent forth the call for 200-
600 volunteers, FRANK MORGAN was found among
the number The endearments of home, wealth.
and social position, could not hold him, the fires
of a noble patriotism burned too intensely On that
memorable day in American history, the 4th of
July 1861, he enlisted in company F. Captain
MITCHELL II til Penna. Cavalry commanded first by
Col. Harlaud and afterwards by Col Spear He
in eleven battles and skirmishes, in all Of which
he acted lreV his part the following testimonial
from his brave comrades in will fully establish
He belonged to Gen Buffers Division of the army
OF the James. Was captured near Petersburg,
May 18th, 1864, i'll the fight at Big bridge on the
Richmond and Danville Rail Road about so miles
south of Richmond His 1st Lieutenant says of
him. 9 he was captured Wills fighting nobly on FOOT
having been dismounted, while his comrades were
compelled to retire. and he further adds, this
was one of the most extensive and successful raids
of the war" He was taken to Richmond, thence
to Andersonville, thence to Savannah with the
promise of exchange, and from then to Millen,
Ga, where he died Nov. 13, 1864, of exposure and
StdrUdjOR, unsheltered from sun and storm, anoth-
er victim of rebel barbarism and cruelty. Thus
died lad af twenty summers, leaving a happy
home of comfort and plenty to yield up his young
life, martyr on the altar of country and liberty
He died, We learn from a fellow sufferer in the
faith of the gospel of Christ III the expressed hope
of blessed Reunion with parents and friends, in
that happy land beyond the storm of battle and the
reach of rebel cruelty of which comforting expec-
tation we believe he will not be disappointed for
his mother has long been christian and his father
and adopted sister and many of his young friends
have since enlisted under the banner of the Cross
His funeral was attended by large concourse of
citizens and friends who honor his memory, and
deeply sympathize with his parents in their sore
bereavement Over the pulpit spread the flag
Of our country his mothers hands had wrought,
and which it was the JOY ofhs young heart to fling
to the breeze. May his life and noble deeds be
largely emulated by the young men -four land, and
may the dear old flag soon wave in undisputed tn
umph over the nations broad domain.
The following beautiful tribute was sent his be-
reayed parents by the surviving members of his
company. q. A. DUBoIs
Pastor of the NJ. E. Church, Troy Pa