Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-06-03


JOHN HEwTIT-REMARKs BY CHARLES
Z ABKLL.
In memory of a true sOldier-one who
never missed a roll call, or shirked a duty.
Dear John, the flowers We place upon
YOUR grave will fade and die, but YOU
memory will ever be green in the hearts
of your loving companions.
GEORGE n. BAPcooD.-RENARKs BY H. A.
POTTER.
Although we might stand around
the grave of a fellow soldier in silence,
and that silance be more eloduent than
words. and though It seems to be
needless to bestow praise on those,
whose lives. have been brilliant with
good works. and who to be believed
have but to be remembered. Yet may
we moi with propriety make mention
of their virtues. that others may be
led to emulate this worthy example ?
Nor need there be fear OF passing too
high encomium upon the character of
him whose ashes rests upon this lap
of earth" and on whose grave we, his
comrads, delighting TO do him honor,
scatter flowers to-day. This wreath.
which has been twined by fair fingers.
and given us to place upon his tomb,
although composed Of the beautiful
of earth, is out as 4 pebble to the
dimond, or a s~pangle to a star, when
compared to that wreath, which decks
his brow in the land of spirits. In
the year of 1864, the hour OF our
nations trial, the time when the patri-
OTIS heart sank within him, and the
christians faith seemed to waver, and
grow weak. as TO the ultimate success of
our cause. Gov. Brough, calling out the
regiments of Ohio National Guards, of
one of which the deceased was a men,
Der 1.-THE 5Ist o n G, and Hist o V IL
he sought not to find a substitute, or
obtain a sword, although well qualified
to WELD one ; he shouldered his musket
and went, though much he had to
leave, and did his duty and did that
duty well. Lieut.. George n. Hapgood,
as a citizen highly respected, as a
soldier greatly esteemed, as a mess mate
honored and beloved, unselfsh, sacri-
fcilg, full of kindness, ever employed
in good works, naturally reticent and
reserved, yet to be acquainted was to
admire, to know him was Il love. l
have seen him by the couch Of a
wounded fellow soldier, serving him
with the constancy Of a brother, with
the devotion of q wife, and the ten
derness Of a woman, and almost nurse
him back to life. l have known him
weary and worn, with a long tedious
march, quite exhausted as the rest,
unmindful of self, ministering to the
of his comrades: who in appre-
citation of his excellencies afterward
unanimously elected him their Lieu
tenant. But he is gone. Great heart,
to us it seemed all to soon. Although
he fell not in battle, had IL been so
ordered, none would have submitted
more cheerfully than he. Fellow
soldiersilet Is never forget our fallen
cOmrad9s their virtues let US initiate
while fighting life's battle, SO that when
shall sound, reminding Us of
day, and that LIES setting su
draws near when Taps shall beat lights
put, aye, even the light of life, we
may rest in peaceful slumbers, until
the great RsUeiRe shall marshall US
again, not with call to arms, that we
may be led to scenes of blood and car
but to bear aims of victory and
shouts Of triumph over all our foes.
PETER u. Observation-Disclosures by GEE
T. J. NcLAIS.
This beautiful wreath Of flowers pre-
pared by gentle and sympathetic hands
place yer the gallant dead. The
brave boy whose remains'rest beneath
these lovely symbols was one of our own
patriots. Born and reared to manhood
amongst US, the moistened eyes around
this grave to-day attest the worth of
the soldier who laid down his precious
life for his country, that liberty and
freedom might live.
SERGEANT DUBEEDnRF enlisted in the
9Th Ohio Cavalry, and was a member of
Capt, Abelrs company, fighting brave
" for the flag whenever and wherever
he met the foe. He fell at his post of
duty as hundreds and thousands of his
glorious comrades did. He was shot by
3 rebel deserter while standing senti-
mel onduty near Fort Stonemsn, in the
of Washington.
1t is eminently fitting that the loyal
of our beloved country should
lay aside their ordinary business and
with one heart and impulse gather
around the honored graves of our gal
dead, and decorate and bestrew
their graves with beautiful flowers
Those noble fellows who left their
homes to defend our country against
the vile assault Of traitors and rebels,
who stood like a wall of fire between
Us and the enemy, must never be for
no never while grass grows or
water runs.
On every return of the flower season
may we witness scenes like the present.
We promised the boys, when urging
-hem to battle, never to forget them;
let US be true and faithful as they were
true and faithful. Whilst remember
.ng the brave boys who died, let US ex-
Tend the ssmpathizing hand to their
comrades who are with US, and TO the
mourning friends of those whose spir-
It's are gone, We trust, to the land of
and Immortality, where no clash
IF arms or rebel yell will aver disturb
h EN- more.
HENRY ADAYs.-RENIARKs BY J. c. HUTCH
ms. ESQ.
The privilege of decorating the grave
Of LIEUT.. HENRY ADAMS, has been &C
,orded 70 me. Those of us who were for
innate enough to know Henry Adams per-
will remember him as a kind
'riend, an accomplished and a christian
gentleman, and n patriotic citizen and
Manyiof US well remember how deter
he was to enter the service of his
ountry in the early DAYS of the war how
lis ANXIOUS friends, fearing that he, phys
whs but lily prepared for such a
prevailed upon him 10 defer.
But whe6 the dark days of the winter of
1862 S-ihe gloomiest period of the whole
var came upon US, he rose above all mere
rudent considerations and in December
s63, entered the army as ID Lieuten-
Mt in the l05th o. V. 1.
On ACCOUNT of his fine business qualiicas
ions he was at onee appointed commissary
{ Colonel Halls brigade, the duties OF
lhich position he discharged with sigma
bility until the close of his career.
But alas the result proved, that the fears
{ his anxious friends were only too well
it soon soon became evident that
is constitution was to feeble to resist the !
ardships and exposures Of army life. In I
ne short month be was Frustrated by sick
ess from which he never fully recovered,
Though it was supposed at one time he .
-ould do so-