Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-11-18


his great generous heart, his deter
mination TO carry my knapsaes that
day. his cheerful goodbye and his
gathering feet l sat a long time in
The darkness thinking all these
things and truly | felt alone. BY and
b. I fell asleep again. The next day
l was sent to a hospital. A week
later / got back 10 the company. but
had soon TO give up and be taken to
the hospital in Marietta | did not
see my company again till just be-
fore We began our marcel to the sea.
Edwin Robinson, Edmund Bennett
and others told me about the sudden
, death of nay friend because of the
bullet OF a sharpshooter that cut
through his temple They said he
was rather over bold-should have
kept hi6don-that after being shot he
lay there with his characteristic
smile on his lips. as if he were alive.
They told me how they had buried
Daniel and put his name on board
AZ the had of his grave They told
me about it all as tendely as if be
and l had been brothers.
1t was a hard thing for me TO write
to the old father and mother. and his
sisters, at home about Daniels death.
did it as hest | could, and tried to
comfort them by telling how good a
soldier he had been,-and how brave.
There was big funeral at our school
house and people from miles around
came to listen TO the sermon-by the
Rev. Mr. Campbell. father of Rev. c..
c. Campbell, late pastor of Pilgrim
church, Madison-and TO sympathize
with Daniels folks. 1t was one Of
many such funerals in those days:
funerals, though the graves were far
away on southern battle fields. The
mourning household in our neighbor,
hood was only one of many thousands
where there stood vacant chairs.
Well, the war closed and | reached
my home year, almost to day,
after Daniels death. | was glad and
happy to see my folks and the old
friends who came 10 bid we welcome.
had in my absence, grown into
young manhood and the Titus girls
were young ladies. One day they
came to our house, and l rushed out
in a hurry to greet them heartily. In
stead of meeting me in the same
spirit, they exclaimed in heart-rend-
ing tones, oh Hosea. where is Dan
ie.::' and then they abashed me by
falling upon my neck and crying, their
tears making my face as wet as their
own. | was all unused to that sort OF
thing and could not, in such emerg-
eney, think just what was the
proper thing to do or say-so did
not do much of anything for awhile
But after the torrent of their grief
had somewhat subsidized. | told them
all about it, and then we went about
renewing our acquaintance.
No, did not marry one of those
girls, as suspect some reader may
think would have been the proper
thing for me 10 do. / was, somehow
impelled to fall in love with the sis
ter of another soldier.
a day or two after Daniels sisters
called at our house, his father came
TO see me. When / undertook to tell
him about Daniel, his whole body
Itrembled with emotion and he said,
Not now, not now, Wait until /
can bear it, and then | want you to
! tell me the story. I win tell you
when But he never told me. Till
the day he died he could not feel
able TO hear the details OF the death
OF his soldier boy
| have said that Ed Bennett and
Ed. robinson put board at the
head of Daniels grave inscribed with
his name, company and regiment
Their little board remained there
/ i'll national cemetery was estab-
lished at Marietta, not far away.
When his body was removed to that
beautiful spot the same name, with
/ that of his company and regiment,
was cut upon a little slab of marble
/ 10 mark his grave The records here
in the capitol tell me that his grave
| is No. SIS in section II of the Gene