The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-18
eABERsHAMs ON HoNoR's ROLL.
the story of the Death of Two Lion
Hearted Savannahians.
F7ron the .ftlanfa tGd.) Constitution.

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i-not il were the words, SIN their death
.bsv we're not divided, and the two inscrip-
.Died defending his country on the field
g ha+tIe- near Atlanta, Ga, on the after
Ion of July %, 1864, Capt. Joseph Clay
gabersham, c. S. A Aged % years and ,
months"
ofhattIe, near Atlanta, Ga, on the after
ooon of July %, 1864, Private William
Nevle Habersham, c. S. a, Aged 20 years
and months.
And side by side, under that marble shaft,
ore the bodies of two Observation-Disclosures
Roth died in the thickest of tine fight that
dav. within half hours time, and two
braver soldiers were not in the army.
They were Georgians, and after lighting
in almost every southern state since The be-
ginning of the war, they came to die on
Georgia soil.
They had been inseparable companions in
their boyhood and youth, and through all
tbe chances of war and battle they were
near together at the last
On the battlefield, when their death
wounds came, after long marches and hard
fighting amongst strangers, they fell in the
midst of the friends and associates of their
childhood.
And in their last sleep, through these
wears of peace, they are lying side by side
now in the cemetery at Savannah.
THE TWO BROTHERS,.
Capt. Joe Habersham, % years old at the
time of his death, was over five and half
feet tall uncommonly strong, and of superb
physical courage His hair was light, con-
trasting strongly with his sparkling black
eyes.
He was a student at the South Carolina
college, Columbia, S. c., when the war
commenced. The students of the college
organized a company, of which Joe Haber-
sham was elected orderlY sergeant, and on
April II they went to Charleston and were
assigned to duty in the engagements pre-
ceding the fall of Fort Sumter.
When the college company disbanded and
was broken up into permanent commands,
Sergt Habersham was chosen on the staff of
Gen. II. w. Mercer, and later of Gen.
States Rights GiSt, and other comm 3nderS,
with the rank of captain.
He did good service in the early work at
Tybee, Savannah, and Brunswick, and then
in the active fighting of the army of North
ern Virginia. Then he went to Mississippi
and back to Georgia.
At the tine of his death he was on the
staff of Gen. Gist, and fell in the midst of
Gen. MERGERS old brigade.
Private VIII Habersham, like his brother,
was among the very first to enter the con-
Tolerate service.
He was at that time not II years old-too
young to carry a musket Being refused
by The recruiting officer to whom he applied,
he Joined the navy and was made mid
shipman on the Nashville When the Nash
vile was destroyed, just above Fort Meal
lister-the famous sand fort--young Haber-
sham enlisted in the Savannah Cadets
Company +, Fifty-fourth Georgia-and
there he died.
In appearance he was quite different from
his brother. He was about six feet high,
and every inch a soldier. His eyes were
large and hazel shaded by long lashes, and
his hair was a light brown.
The elder brother was the less impulsive,
perhaps-the younger was all dash and en-
thusiasin. They were two types of the per-
feet soldier One was the old reliable
man to be trusted under any and all circum-
stances cool, calm, and a stranger to fear.
The other was not SO cautious nor methodi-
cal, but man to be chosen amongst thou
sand where the chances were desperate and
death was almost certain.
CAPT. HABERSHAM KILLED.
Capt. Habersham was killed i'll front of
the Forty-sixth Georgia. He had been help
ing the colonel, riding along the front and
urging the men to follow him.
When very near the enemy Capt Haber-
sham's horse was badly wounded and he dis
mounted.
He held his hat in one hand and was
waving his sword with the other
A she'll burst only few feet in front of
him, and Capt. Understands body was cut
in two.
he was able to speak when Capt. Lee
Butler reached him a second later.
Taking a photograph from an inside
pocket, Capt. Habersham held it before his
eyes. 1t was the portrait of his mother
"Tell my MOTHER" said he, that die
happy die at my pest. defending my
country"
Those were his last words.
The shouts Of victory were ringing in his
ears after his eyes were too dim to see, and
in death the agony was smoothed out, and
there was smile on his lips.
PRIVATE HABERsHAM's DEATH.
About fifteen minutes after Capt Haber-
sham was killed, Capt. Thomas Wayne
galloped up to where Capt. John w. Ander-
son was standing.
''Joe Clay Habersham was killed just
now,n said he.
Private Habersham had turned to look as
Capt. Wayne came up, and heard his
brothers name mentioned. He judged from
that the news was serious.
"What of Joe ClayF he asked, stepping
from the ranks.
''Wen," was the answer, "Joe's badly
hurt"
1OH, Salu young ddDeTSHdm, LOT
Gods sake don't deceive me now. Has Joe
Clay been kiiledE
YES said Capt. Wayne.
Young Habersham turned and stepped
back to mis- place in the ranks. His face
was pale and there were tears in his eyes,
but he bit his lips and said nothing more
About o'clock the confederate and fed
eral lines at this point were only thirty
yards apart The federals had been driven
from a breastwork, and were intrenched
and reinforced only few feet away behind
another breastwork.
The confederates were sheltering them
selves behind the breastwork they had cap
tured
Young Habersham had fought recklessly
but escaped unhurt. Asthe federals reached
their intTenchment, Habersham mounted
the breastwork and deliberately began firine
at the heads he saw.
He was begged to shelter himself, but
made no reply.
The bullets whistled past him in a perfect
shower, but he was perfectly cool, and
would listen to no entreaties or commands
lie loaded, aimed and Woodworking al
coolly as if at target practice.
Finally, seeing that the boy was in i'm
mlnent peril, an officer reached up and tool
him by the arm.
Lie down, my boy" was the order
- GU are certain to be killed"
"pVe lust three rounds left y was the an