The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26
THE TIMES DISPATCH. RICHMOND VA SUNDAY JUNE g. 1910

borne, In battle, IN biyouac and unon
the toilsomc march, in snmmer,s heat
and summers dust, in winter'y cold
and winters mud and snow. THAT
story must some day yet be written
by sou1e pen Inspired by truth and love.
When 1t shan be truly written 1T Will
DO story OF which any university or
any land might be proud, for 1T will be
a. story Of dauntless courage. OF nm.
selfish devotion to duty. OF sufferinps
endured without q murmur and death
encountered without a quaiin.
An Enyinblc Record.
1t may be epitonllzed in a. sentence:
They fought In every battle, marched
In every march and camped in every
camp In which stonewall jackson or
the troopD which he commanded, or In
which the Army OF Northern Virginia
marched, fought or encamped from
May, 1851, to April. 1856. and they
or the shattered and decimated rem.
nant OF them--surrendered with Lee
at Appornattox.
No soldiers OF Alexander, Caesar.
Charlcmagne or Napoleon could point
to more glorious record.
The cold figures which give the num-
bers OF the rank and hle OF the COM
pany and OF the casualties which they
suffered Will tell more OF their hero
Ism than any other eulogy OF human
speech.
The original company as 1t marched
from yonder campus numbered seven
ty-one; three commissioned and nine
noncomn1issioned officers and ffty-nine
privates
To those seventy one members of
the company as 1t was mustered into
the service there befell from the be-
foSr} n mir 4 "a
four casualties, as follows:
Killed In battle. .......... .12
Wouhoed ................. 80
Died OF disease s
Captured ...,.............. 25
81
The startling fact that the casual
Ties exceeded by thirteen the entire
number Of men in the company is ex-
planned by the circumstances that
quito frequently more than one casu-
atty befell the same soldier.
To par.icularize: The following were
twice captured: John r. Mckee, at
Kernstown and Gettysburg; Joseph S.
Raymond. at Gettysburg and spotsyl-
vaDin Courthouse: James l. Suddarth,
at Second Manassas and at Gettys-
burg; John A. r Warner, at Kerns-
town and Gettysburg, and A. 3. Ram
sey. at Kernstown and Bell Grove
Seven we're each wounded in two
distinct engagements. namely: G. B.
strtckler. at First Manassas and again
at Second Manassas, and Captain
Stricken was also captured at Gettys-
burg, SO that three out OF those eighty
four casualties befell this gallant gem
tleman.
Goodwin's Career.
Similar was the record OF Thomas
j. Goodwin, one of tho best men in tho
company. He was wounded twice, first
at Charlottesville and second at Get
tysburg. when he lost an arm and was
also captured. j. p Amole was also
in this same roll Of honor. He was
next at Mine Run. and we are to be
congratulated on having him with US
here day.
Brave little Bronson 3. Gwynn was
wounded twice, first at Manassas and
second at Chancellorsville.
$. A. Johnston. a good soldier and a
good man. was twice wounded, first n.
kearneysyille and next at the Wilde,.-
ness. and Samuel II. Lyle. one OF tho
bravest of the brave. was wounded
first at Characteristic and again the
next year at Mine Run.
TWO of the original company were
each wounded in three separate bat
ties. A B. Ramsey, who, as we have
seen. was captured twice, must have
been in the thick of the fight when
he was cut of prison, for he was
wounded at Charlottesville, Bealton
Station and Mine Run. He is still liv-
ing about fifteen miles from this place.
Has been as true to Virginia in peace
as he was In war. and the fact that
such brave and faithful man is pre-
IA ol
with us to-day is a source of deep re-
greet.
Alexander S. Paxton. always to be
counted on, one of the steadiest and
most reliable soldiers in the army.
shares with A. B. Ramsey the honor
OF having been wounded in three sep
arate engagements, namely. Chancel-
lorsville, Mine Run and Petersburg.
We all regret with keen d!sappoint-