Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-28
DEATH CALLED THE ROLL
And Sergeant Grim Was Last ON th'
Muster.

He had been lying very quiet for long
time and the nurse at his bedside dozesi
and nodded-strugglei to keep awake. and
| finally slept in her chair. Then a Shallow
stole into the room and stood by the bed
side and whispered:
Right dress. Back on the left. 'FRONT.'
The sergeant opened his eyes and looked
about him in wonder His hair thin
and gray his face pale and waste'i. and
death had set its mark upon his brow
Attention TO roll CALI continued the
Shadow Adams, Ansil, Altman. AverIll,
Airport. Amsden'-
They do not answer said the sergeant
a. the Shadow paused
They can answer no more on earth.
They were buried in the trenches at Manas-
sas Barnard. Baxter, Bebee, Burton.
Bloom, Bailey
Il DO not hear their voices said the SCI
geant.
Their lives went ont when Mcclellan
turned at bay at Malvern Hill They died
as heroes die. Carter. Curti>s, Cla,ton.
Coleman. Caniff. Campbell
docs any one answer for them, asked
the sergeant.
Ave. l do replied the Shadow. II s,.w
them laid in the shallow treucho. a; An
tietarn after the roar of battle had ceased
and the cries of the wounded had been
hushesl They We're following Rockers
flag when they fell. Davis. Denton. Dan
forth. DouGherty, Donohue- Di!!inS-
ham,
Absent without leaves" qucricd the
sergeant.
No, Absent forever. They crossed AZ
Fredericksburg. and their dead bodies lay
nearest the terrible stone wall ut the base
OF Mayre's hill. They could not win vic
tory. but they could die. Enright. Eber-
man, Eckliff, Epstein, Engiem&n, E-l--
art
They may be on guard said the ser
geant. as he listened in vain for sound Of
their voices
Then the dead guard the dead. re-
piled the Shadow. Il saw them lying
stark and dead under the trees at chance!-
lorsville left to be buried 10y the victorious
enemy. Faber. Featon. Foster, Franklin
Fitch, Fitzwilliams'-
They may have been detailed for special
duty suggested the old soldier.
Their duty ended at Gettysburg. saw
them living dead after the Nircinians had
been driven back and thousands were
shouting victory. Gray. German, GObel.
Gosport, Gansel. Green
Where asked the sergeant.
I'm the thickets OF the somoer wilder
ness, where I0.0no men died without seeing
an enemy. When night came the songs of
the whippoorwills were heard above the
plants of the wounded. han. harmon,
Hennessy. Hill. Hilton, Hurlburt'-
And these too:i
AYE, every one of them. They were
left behind. ingalls,, Irving, Ishara, I'm
RE. Isabel, IngersolI'--
All. remember" whispered the ser
geant. They fell as they guarded the
trenches az Petersburg. l myself helped
to bury them"
James, jenkins, jordan, Joplin. Jolly,
Justin
Dead at Appomattox"
''I-arkins. hampton, I-arr=, LennoN,
lowering. Loring'-
Call no more! Only when the angel
calls the roll Of the dead at the last great
day will the dust make answer | alone
am left of my company
The old sergeant fell back upon his pill
low wsh moan. and before his dim
vision the specters of the dead seemed to
form in line and await his order.
Sergeant Grim" called the Shadow.
The nurse awoke with shiver and cried
out:
Who has called him' He is dead"
at was T. said the Shadow. He was
the last on the muster roll, and l can call
no more
Il am the Shadow of Death