The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-10-06

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coApliment brought from him only
blush upon his.beardless check.
Brave and heart, we saw him
fall l!f the front of Averil's fierce sur.
prise, He was leading to the front
some stragglers, and endeavorng to
rally broken line, his fine sabre glis.
tening in patriotic circles over his head,
and his clearvoice cheering up each
weary heart to one more honest effort,
when shell burst over his head, and
one fragment went Kissing through his
brow. He fell, and for moment there
was a pause. Stuart for moment
stopped and looked at him, aud said lin
solemn tone, the Gears trlckling from
his eyes, Serving on my staffis fatal
it IS fatal" ~
The following narrative of Henry
Gilmore tells the rest of the close of
this pure good life '.tr s,...
'He was TAKEN from tl.c field by Col.
Harry Gilmore, laid upon his horse AMI
placed III the charge Of two dismounteo
men, with orders to carry him to an am
buance. and call surgeon. Col. Gil
more thus relates in his book, entitled
-Four Years in the Saddle the snbse.
quent fate and brutal treatment ef one
of the noblest spirits that perished for
the Lost Cause .ae.s .a.
ION my way to Culpeper, I over
took, near Brandy Station, the two
men u had placed in charge of Pelham,
making their way back to ,Culpcper,
with the body across the horse. just as
they had started from the field of balil-,
his headaand hands hanging down on
ore side his legs on the other-face,
hair and hands soaked and clotted with
mud and blood.
"Overwhelmed with horror 1 had
him laio on the grass in the fence cor
ner, and then, to my establishment,
found him still alive. Imagine my IN
dignation and vented wrath, when
found that instead Of looking fer an am
bIlance, they had moved toward Cul.
peper, distance of eight miles, four of
which they had already accomplished.
| firmly believe that had surgical aid
been called TO remove the compression
of the brain, his life might have been
saved. lg D saE
"An ambulance was immediately sent
tpr him, and by the time had dispatch.
cd my business with the telegraph, Pei
halnahad arrived in town, and was at
once conveyed to Bessie's home, where
the ladies had all things in readiness
for his reception Three surgeons were,
soon IN attendance; and after, by gentle
hands he had been washed with warm
water, his, feet and hands swathed in
flannel, and some brandy pouredn his
mouth, the surgeons commenced Ieleav,,
ing the compression on the brain. The
piece Of shell that had struck him was
not iargcr.than the end of my littl le fin
ger. Itentered just at the curl of The
hair on the back of the head, raking
through the skull without eyen piercing
the brain. coming out two Inches below
the point where IL had entered. The
skull was badly shattered between the
entrance and the exit uf the shell. AS
the surgeons removed the pieces, sc
lected one as a memento of one of the
most gallant and highly esteemed off
GERS oi the oouthern army. lie III
years of age"
The surgeons, soon pronounced his
case hopeless, and left him ito the care
of Bessie and myself other friends
crowded in. About j, p. m. his eyes
opened he turned toward me nan
unconscious 'look-closed.; them-drew
q long breath, and died without strug.
gle. We dressed him, in his best uni
form, and had but just laid him on the
bed, when the door was gently opened,
and Stuart entered, having returned
from the fight at Kelly's ford. Great
tears rolled down his cheeks as he 81.
lently gszed on the lifelesa form, and
then retired, =, :.,Y ..u s&.
. "Exhaustedfwith fatigue, I lay down
uponthe floor, aud Slept sonndly beside
the mortal remains Of "a companion who
had ridden to the iipld that morning in
usually fine spirits; but such Is the Tor.