Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-02-13
DAVENPORT, IOWA, MONDAY. sFEBRUARY 13, 1866.

DIAM ~ LSDU9. Coz - - CAAo
Tbs hithsrte discsdiasd sehsr that 1t
Col. Ada h. Sanders - ae1Rg - hl-fA-
~ passsnsers ef4hs So sssh AnsF.
ica, bound from Nsw Ods = Fortress
No me-, and vhish was sNsd . ~ I'D
day n Dsssaber last, u tAany csastl
of Cape Hattsz.s, is nsv = -, by bic
brothsr. Alfred Sanders Esqs.s THE city,
to Be TO true. He has ~ - hsasd ffen
since about that time, sad kts supposed
that b took passag. on ~ iltAsed steamer
thst was wrecked on IT, ~ shove men
toned. Hence there is some season 70 be-
keve' that our friend and fsIow eitisen. Cot
enef Add, is no more.
This il, indeed, paiafal nswe.-not alone
to his family connections, b hom the de-
ceased vas sseefded wifh liSslirt affection,
- lilswissSSsvvsy isfsS circle ef friends
here and elsewhere, Who bore Add almost :
brothers love. None Of these will learn
this mournful news without experiencing
pang Of keenest regret that be is no more.
The deceased entered upon active military
service on the 25th Of February, 1862, -
Lieut. Colonel Of the 10th Iowa 1nfantry.-
He Was with his regiment from that time
forward, and most Of the time in command,
participated in all the hard Tough. battles in
which it took part, and never spent an hour
away from the post Of duty, except when
obliged to by reason Of severe wounds. On
the memorable 22d Of July, 1864, he led his
regiment in that gallant charge before At
lanta, and was taken prisoner. From that
that time until some time in December last,
when he set sail for home, be was prison
er in loathsome pens in the South. He sus-
tanned in camp, on the field Of battle-in
rebel prison pens, burdens under which
stronger men have broken down and fallen
into their graves, suffered everything that
man could suffer and live-escaped all perils
of field and foe to be buried 1t last on his
return home, in the bosom Of the stormy
ocean. Most os the citizens of Davenport,
who knew Add SO well, and SO much respect
ed him, date their acquaintance, as we do,
from the Fall of 1856, at which time he en-
tered into business with his brother Alfred,
as joint publisher and editor Of the Gazette
From that time until early in 1861, he was
editor Of that paper, and We were on such
terms Of intimacy with the deceased as to
enable US to bear witness Of his many ex-
cellent qualities Of head and heart. He was
. man of noble impulses, frank, open heart
ed, upright, and generous to fault. With
the pen as with the sword, he labored brave
", and always went in town. Most deep
ly do we regret his loss-and to the latest
day Of their existence will his hosts of
friends cherish the memory Of "noble little
Add"
1t must be conceded that there is yet a
doubt whether Col. Sanders was on the
abovs named steamer or not. and if be was,
how he came to be there is q my stery that
will take time to unravel. He was aprison-
or in Georgia-the boat left New Orleans,
and did not touch at any port 10 Georgia
that we are aware Of. or at any othe port,
as far as known, after departing from New
Orleans. 1t is not fair to suppose tlat the
Colonel escaped and made his way u New
Orleans, and then set sail. We presume,
however, that his relatives here have some
feasible version Of the matter which is not
in our possession. We trust thAt our
doubts are trustworthy, and that tn, sub
ject Of this notice still lives.