The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-05-27

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by the friends of DR.. Bozeman in Lau
rens aud they will be grateful to DR.
Parker for his fine expression of sen
timents in which they all share.
In presenting memorial to the mem
| ory OF my friend and comrade, the late
DIR. Bozeman of Ninety-Six, q veteran
surgeon of the Confederate States army
OF Northern Virginia, and comrade
OF Camp j. Foster Marshall, beg leave
to say thai apart from the pleasure OF
meeting and greeting with my old com.
rades, u. G.. W., my chief object in
coming to this grand reunion of vete.
rams was to pay the tribute OF friend
aud my comrade in the late "War Be.
tween the States"
In life of somewhat varied expert.
ences for over go years, and in that time
associated, socially or professionally in
the tented field and in private life with
nearly every class in life and with all
kinds of people, in the various grades
of society, j have yet to meet with a
purer or better mana gentleman OF
the old school-a braver or more hon.
orable soldier, or more devoted sur.
geon and physician than the subject OF
this brief sketch.
In the several notices of his death
which have seen, among other strong
and noble characteristics accorded to
him, he is unanimously spoken of as
"a good man." The phrase 'sgood
man" though short, means combina-
tion OF many many virtures. aud when
honestly deserved is an epitaph in it.
self. 1t would be like the "balm OF
Gilead" to the deceased il he could
only see or hear it; and ought to be
sweet and lasting consolation to his
family, relatives and friends. In the
whole range of my acquaintanc, from
boyhood to our three score years, j
have yet to meet the man who Gin the
the gross and scope of my opinion u
more truly deserves this epitaph. Here
lies the body of "a good man, good
physician and surgeon, and good SOL
der" taking hisrest Hwith his martha
cloak around him," safe In the bosom
of his God"
The estimate of his friends charac,
ter by Hamlet TO his friend Horatio in
the quaint language Of that period, in.
tended to describe as perfect man as
could be moulded, may well be applied
to our late comrade, DIR. John j. Boze-
| man:
"Thou art cen as just man
AS e'er my conversation coped withal. !"
IA man that fortunes bullets and re.
wards
Has ta'en with equal thanks; and
blessed are those
Whose blood aod judgment are SO we'll
commingled
That are not a pipe for fortunes finger
To sound what stop she pleases."
DR.. Bozeman was born and reared In
Anderson county and received his
early education in that county. He
graduated at the Medical college of the
State of South Carolina in Charleston
In 1857 and practiced his profession till
the calls to arms sounded in 1861. He
promptly volunteered as private in
the ranks-all honor to him and hun
dreds of educated gentlemen in the
south who did the same-and Joined
the first company, which was after
wards known as Co.., Hampton LIE.
glon Legion, subsequently, commanded
by Col. M. w. Gary from 1852 to 1866.
This regiment fought at the First Ma
nassas and In every important battle of
Lees army with the exception of Fred
ericksburg, when it was on detached d
service with Longstresi's command
about Suffolk.
DIR. BoHemanls services as physician
and surgeon were soon recognized. He
was first appointed physician to his
company and soon after the first Ma.
masses was commissioned assistant
surgeon of the regiment, but really
served as surgeon more than half OF
the time, Till 1858, when tho regiment
was mounted and incorporated into
Gary's brigade Of cavalry, serving 10
the vicinity OF Richmond as guard to
the capital OF the Confederacy till the
end OF the war. He served most of
that time as surgeon of Gary's brigade
and finally surrendered at Appomattox
having been in eoptinu0us active SER
viee' e'from 1851 TO 1865.
During this entire service of FIVE
years he never had furlough tha [
can recall, and never saw his home or
| people, except in the short months In
1853, when his regiment was sent to
South Carolina to be mounted as oy-
| airy,
He was never sick, always at ais
post; no surgeon In Lees army savior
did more continuous hard service. ae
was constitutionallya man OF remaka-
BILE equlpoise. Amiable and cheerful;
q pleasant smile and kind word for
everyone; skiliful surgeon, god
physician; q sympathetic, tender muse,
combining a certain natural unobru.
siye dignity and q certain gentle 8m-