The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-08
Tribute Of Respect.

At regular meeting of Oak Bowerv Lodge
No. l91, Jasper county, Miss, on the 4th Sat
urday in January, 1850, the following pro
ceedlngs were had
UhefedS 1t has pleased an allwise God to
remove from our midst our beloved friend
and brother, Sergeant William Bridges, COM
mander OF company +. 10th Mississippi repi-
ment, and, .l....l-'.. .
Whereas, In accordance with Masonic ems
tom tins Lodge desires to record a word of
aftectlonate remembrance, tribute to a
memory whose acknowledged patriotism and
virtues, together with those of his comrades,
are canonized IN history, and which win from
generation TO generation possess II vallre and
meaning to his countrymen.
Since the 2Stt of May, 1861 he participat
ell III all the long and Wearisome labOrs of n
soldiers life, engaged in all the terrific bat
Ties OF Virginia; the sears received mt ShaIps-
burg, SpOttsylvania court house and Wei
don railroad, attesting his bearing. In Fort
Gregg, Virginia, on Sunday, April 2nd. 1865.
Whilst commanding his company the tort
was assaulted with alarming desperation by
the enemy; but, for three-quarters of an hour
the Confederate flag still waved oyt,r if
during TINS time our deceased brother dis
charged his duty with that composure and
hrmness IN action which nothing save an ar
dent love of country and purity of purpose
could prompt The struggle grew more and
more furious, until they fought hand TO hand
and whilst our heroic braves We're beinG
crushed down and overpowered before a foe
whom antecedent defeat had rendered fren-
zled, the noble leader of the ,JasDer Crews
was pierced through the brain by two min
ME balls. Now, since he is gone, ever will
memory be calling up the past aud present
ing hIm to his relations and friends as he left /
home toconsecrate himself to the cause of .
has country, young man. full of promise.
ambition and hope. His fellow soldiers will |
never forget his flashing eye and clarion
voice as he urged them to victory, OF as he
by their bedside in some chearIess
hospital, KINDLY mlnistering to their wants
True, he did not live for decay and extreme
lebility to gradually bear him to the tomb
;almly and TRANQUILITY; but in a moment, in
he bloom of health and youth, and amid
i'll suited to enter into n new
existence, he passed away, yet his unim-
1eachable integrity and strict conscientious
less leave the cOnsoling conviction that he
lad sought and obtained right to eternal
life. Few young men exercised a more GEN
raj or more deserved and beneficial infu-
nee among those with whom he associated
to anaged and widowed mother he was a ten
Ter and aftectlOnate son. to brothers and sis
ers devoted, to friends kind and agreeable,
md to the destitute his benevolent heart
md hand were liberal; for sympathy with
nm was not only feeling, but duty and
obligation. Therefore.
AeS0Fed, That in the death of Brother
'rdges this Lodge has lost one of it's bright
st members, society an ornament, and the
ountry an ardent patriot.
Hesotred, That we tender to the brothers,
listers and friends Ofthe deceased our sincere
Ondolence i'll this sad bereavement
ReS0tred, That the members of this Lodge
1ear the usual badge of mourning for thirty
avs.
Resoired, That these resolutions be spread
pom the minutes of this Lodge and that a
opy of the same be forwarded by the Secre- I
lry to the Clarion for publication
JNO. L. BUFKIN. Sec'y r