The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-08-05

graves in the Newberni( MdG)
.oemetrE,9 are b tRoa graves, of
whichria,tncommon care lhasi
been taken, and to lwhi,h OUR
attention was calledl'by the
keeper. 4 They bear the follow
ing touching inscriptions: ~
ll 10 -1r9 mo. sFt4- OF sabi, cd
Twenty-frst Massachusetts,, cro
"" Betrothed to C.>C.C. ''''
{TeTHe name Is not giEeh9 ON the
board, but we learn that it a was ~
member OF company "E." OF this reg
imentC OTheother IpadsiasIfollovs:
.NIiss Carte; Cuttern lso9
Betrothed to No. l74I.
J Buried at His side 'ather own re-
Probably many in the old
tw,e4nntty;idrsst{ win Il,n know the iii,
ScplFmritPgpS9 ScpulFmrsitaPgpS9s q and pNd,ttellll,t9h tell the story
Of the two lovers; ,bppt the ia in'
scriptiop on their head boards
is Is all We know" !" Of Of their life Of
love or or devotion al at death But
other incidents, we do know
that are full Of interest to Us,
and we doubt not to- our read
ers, which are recalled recalled as; We y,f
stand by the Flagstaff and read
over the. familiar names on the
white board before US: "lFol- FOL
lijaambo, tenth Connecticut"
Ab,yess! that is the, very grave
they told us about, and this is
the sad story Of love they told
US. i....,.,., -.
"The soldier lying in that
grave was reared BY kind par
ents, in Hartford, and at the
age of 2O-an honest, intelli-
gent young mamie went TO
New Haven. There he became
acquainted with a young lady
byritheii name of Fem, who
came to visit her brother, then
in college. They became en-
gagged Gtopbe married; ialllIwas
sunshine in the path of life.-
But the rebellion came, and
she returned to her home in
Harlem, to wait for his return
from the war, tor which helwas
determined to gba TwoIlyears.
of correspondence andntwo.
flrloughs cemented their affec''
tions, until they felt that no.
earthly obstacle coulde7comeI
between them and the } sweet
joys of life in store for them.
ui"ButItoithe living heart in
Harlem there one day came "a
report that her betrothed was
killed. 2 In,wild suspensenshe
waited fOrIhis letters, but none
Gamer Her fatherlwrote to the
Colonel and Ito the Chaplain -
They could only saylthat he
was "missing", With nothought
of money, or trouble, or care,
the oold o greyheaded father,
whose daughter,since the death
of his son, was his ALI searched
INCREASINGLY for some clueJlto
the missing z one; even d Ven
turedld lntor the lines of the
enemy. 5,IShe withlG'sublime
fortitude which l,oniy wo-
man can command when
trouble comes, , and # with
that devotion which makes
@QmaHn'}ssr i9yye 50 pure api and
scarce, shared the danger and
fatigue of ,a a two years search,
knowing nothing, caring for
nothing, unless it concerned
her lover Finally his grave
was found in the woods, near
where the Tenth once formed
a skirmish line, and a little
headboard bearing his name
carved in crooked lines with a
pen.knife, marked his resting
place" ..'.,,.,.,..,, -,
sword was sent to- the
mourners, and the next convey
ance brought them to the spot.
For a while the. daughter sal
in in the carriage, and and wao9Hldinpt
get out, not daring to trust
herself within view of the spot
where lay the dearest form she
o,o Goou lNop,a Na1Iyj eo;J