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Isaac Harris Hooper.

Isaac Harris Hooper.
The trembling hand of anectionate appreciation
may not always be trusted in words Of eulogy. Yet
when a nature so rich in heroism, so sweet aud gem
tie III Its inner attractvencss, passes from earth a
few words may be uttered of "a record SO stainless,
and Of the same time so brave and true.
The war gave him his new birth, as it did 10 null
titudes OF those who never knew what II was to
live until the blazing cannon OF Sumter summoned
the nation TO arms.
In the camp his gentle nature developed into
that Of a hero. Not the heroism Of great deeds
alone, but Of great endurances as well, of silent
suffering. without making sign or moan, through
campaigns and ImprISonment5 and wounds, through
daring and intrepid action, no less than in the utter
cheerfulness and unconquerable self-cOntrol with
which he faced the WEAKNESS, exposure and num-
berless cruelties of those Richmond prisons. He
entered the service as a private soldier On the first
day of the first call for troops, and remained in
active duty until the war closed. Commissioned
as an officer ia the Fifteenth Massachusetts, he was
in every battle of the Army OF the Potomac, until
the seige of Richmond, captured at Balls Bluff,
imprisoned six months at Libby, and exchanged I;
be was shot through the body at the FIRST Frederick
burg, captured again q month after the battle Of
Gettysburg, be was eight months in Libby again,
escaping through the tunnel which be had helped
to dig entered into the campaign Of the Wilder
ness, where be had command successfully Of a
brigade and a division OF infantry. He was
wounded again at Petersburg, and was mustered
out OF service as a Northumberland with HE reg
iment on the expiration Of its term.
Cu lie IeCOVefY ne recruited anOtDer regiment.
and was going into service when the surrender OF
the Army of Northern Virginia closed the war.
Such was bis record, and il was one Of which
any soldier might well be proud that of noble de-
votion, OF rare courage, of patient endurance and
of heroic silence, when to tell all the truth Of suf-
fering would be to cause anxiety and sorrow at
home. Few men served their country more glori-
ousiy. bore donors more sweetly, or have left a
brighter or a purer name. Thoughtful of others,
forgetful OF self, firm as a soldier, yet with a nature
so gentle and winning il its sweetness, the days OF
peace have only confirmed what the heroic history
served 10 stimulate and in these latter years Of
suffering, when he could sit dumb with pain, yet
cheerful always IL only those about him might not
know the extent Of his enduring, all the 6ne gold
OF his character was made to appear.
To give up the battle of life was not an easy
thing for him to do, even though wounds and dis
ease bad made surrender a duty. But to give itup
IN such a spirit, of firm and gentle submission, Of
tender trustfulness in the wise and loving purpose
of bis God,-that was a victory Of life
And as the Easter morning dawned here upon
the earth, upon a home darkened with a great sor-
row. we know he went up singing into heaven
."Let the song be begun
For the battle In done,
And the victory won
And the foe Is scattered
And the prison shattered.
Sing Of JOY, sing Of JOY,
And to-day raise the lay
Gloria in excelsis!
Gloria In eNcelss ~
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