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REPORTER. OFFICE.
Tho licnrt-trcftflufon nf ninny sorroxrtfig unc«
nro Inid away in tho consecrated soil of tho Old
Dominion. Tho slirinoH wliicli contain many of
thoflo precioiiB rolioH will bo ombolliHliadi with
tho noblest workn of art, and decked Wj[th na
ture's rarest productions. Toworing shafts of
polisliod marble, mausoleums rich with' sculp
ture's chiseled images aud delicate tracery,
fragrant dowers, clinging vinos and shndqwy
evergreens will pvosorVo llicil’ names from obliv*
ion and make tho ir resting places beautiful; ajid
weeping friends will often visit those garnished
tombs to lay upon them fresh tokens of doatlf=
less lovo and sorroxv.
But thousands of mourners are denied thfflj
privilege of xvatoring, with their tears, oven tho
simple wild iloxvers, xvhieli kind nature has scat
tered ox’er their joxVels—tho places xvhere those
loved ones are enshrined, al'o knrtxVn only, to tho
All-Seeing Father and the angel-bands, whom
lie appoints to guard them.
In ono of those graves
" Without a rhx’me, ornanv\ nr stone to hIioat
If ’tiH our dead or no,"
is sleeping, till tho angel treasure-gatherers
come to collect his precious dust, Lieut. Col.
GustavuR Adolphus Bull. Tho simple history
of tho short but brilliant career of this gallant
soldier will seem like fulsome eulogy—so mark
ed was his ruccchb, so princely his mind, ro no
ble his nature, bo pure his life, so glorious his
death.
Ho xvas born in LaGrange, Georgia, Feb. 1G,
18.15; nnd from bis very infancy gave promise of
bright future. Even on his baby-brow, in
telligence was enthroned, nnd tho ilres of genius
gleamed in the dark eyes of the beautiful child;
and from his earliest boyhood ho manifested that
supremacy, which distinguished him through life.
Among his little plnymnteHhe xvas a chosen lead
er— the chief of all their sports, their champion
in every difficulty, their spokesman in every
•ause, their oracle in cvciy doubtful matter.—
fn school ho was the pride of his classmates, the
admiration of his fellow-students, the favorite
of his teaclier- one of whom said he felt him
self honored in having been the preceptor of
Rileh a boy as Gustavus Bull.
Ho xx'ns a born orator—graceful, persuasive, olo-
cpient—with a voice of exquisite Rxveetncss nnd
wondrous power. Ilis bare appcavaiice on the
stage xvas always bailed with delight, and xvas
suflieient to still the noisiest assembly. His glo
rious beauty won the heart* of his hearers, oven
before his resistless eloquence enchained their
attention. Lustrous black hair, a noble broxv,
sparkling, soul-lit eyes, a moutli^f rare sxx'eetncss,
a lithe, graceful figure combined to make him a
model of manly beauty; and all the charms of
delivery united to make him an almost faultless
orator. Even his boyish productions, xx’ere
listened to xvith pleasure by cultivated, intelli
gent audiences.
On the occasion of one of his school exhibi
tions he xx’as chosen to make the closing ad
dress. Some of the speeches xvero long and tire
some. Many of the hearers grew xveary nnd left
the house, uutil the room xvas almost entirely
deserted; but the dispersed croxvd re-assembled
in time to hear their youthful favorite, and xvhon
his name xxas announced, the house xvas filled
with eager listeners; many xvho had attended no
other portion of tho exercises honored Inn
their presence. EnCom'agod by the compli
ment, he spoke like one inspired; his slight 1
ish form seemed almost transfigured, his aw
voice grexv more impassioned and persuas
his manner more graceful aud xvinniug, and his
beautiful, eloquent discourse, delivered with so
much fervor, seemed like the rapt Words of some
venerable orator and not the xvords of a child.
Many wore tho approving smiles and hearty
congratulations xvjiich greeted him as he de
scended fttmi the rostrum.
In August, 1852, he entered the Junior Class of
Franklin College. Many of his felloxv-students
now till places of trust and distinction—some
of them the country “dolights to honor,” many
of thenl died gloriously til doicnsc of the “Lost
Cause;” but as he had been xvitliouta rival in the
lower school,’ so he xvas peerless among his col-
lego companions. His deportment xvliile at tho
Univorsity xvas as irreproachable as his scholar
ship xvas exalted. In a letter to his mother
ho wrote, “I know that hoWeVer attractive the
allurements xvhieli entice me, I have /lie mor
al courage and firmness enough to xvithstaud
them all; ana frail as is human nature and as
quickly broken as are its most determined res
olutions, I think I can say, without presumption,
that sooner will the college itself become ex
tinct than I xvill do anything, xvliilo here, to
reflect dishonor upon the Institution or myself.”
Immediately after his admission to the Univer
sity he connected himself xvith the Phi Kappa
Society, and tonic great delight in its debates.
He had ft passion for extempore discussion, and
in the Society, he xx'as enabled to gratify that
passion to its fullest extent.
He was ono of the speakers of tho Junior
Class, and again had the honor of making the
final address. His snbject xvas “ Uncle Tom’s
Cabin,” (xx'liich at that time xvas creating much
sensation,) and as he uttered his withering crit
icism of tho book, and painted in lively colors
its absurdity and the folly and xvealcness of its
authoress, dignified statesmen, grave professors,
venerable ministers, elegant women, the xvis-
dom, the pride, tho beauty of Georgia, mani
fested their appreciation by their fixed, earnest,
ga^e, save when rapturous applause testified
their delight, or peals of laughter told liow
keenly they enjoyed his sparkling wit.
He graduated xvitli the first honor; and on
that commencement occasion added nexv laurels
to those xvhieli already encircled his youthful
broxv. Few, xvho xvere present, havo forgotten tlio
graceful young orator who held them spell
bound by his matchless eloquonco and melted
them to tears xvith his touching valedicto
ry. In an account of tho commencement ex
ercises, published shortly after in the Chronicle
it iSentinel, tho xvritcr said; “ Mr. Bull had de
cidedly the most interesting and brilliant
speech in tho class. His description of the pro
ductions and scenery of tho “Island of Cuba”
was truly sublimq. His xvliole speech xvas
clothed in tho most glowing languago, but beau
ty of expression xvas not the most striking fea
ture in it. He displayed a good deal of original
ity, and sustained his arguments well. Ho is
certainly ono of the most expressive and forci
ble orators xve ever heard."
Another visitor xx*rote to the CoisliUilionalist
it liepttblic: “Mr. Bull xvas evidently tho mas
ter-spirit of tho day. His theme xx’as “ Cuba,”
and although his opinions were iu direct antag
onism to the sympathies and convictions of his
hearers (he argued against annexation) he, nev
ertheless, discovered for one of bis ago an un
usually well-disciplined intellect, deep thought
and a rare degree of logicnl acumen.”
Many other noticos, equally as flattering, of
his speech, appeared at that time and, yet, that
speech xx f as the result of one day's labor of a boy
not yet twenty yeai-s of ago. He prepared
anothor address, on a different subject, nnd
committed it to memory, but becamo dissatisfied
xxdth ifc and the day before he had to hand it
in for correction, threxv it aside and wrote tho
one ho delivered on “Cuba.”
An eminent divine, who was, at that time,
Professor of elocution in tho University, paid
this tribute to the memory of his noble pupil:
“ Col. GuHtavus A. Bull AA’fts another alumnus
of Franklin College xx’hom I knexv as a student,
and xvho received, on graduation, tho choicest
honors of his Alma Mater. Ho xvas ovidcntly a
manpf genius. ITo graRpcd difficult subjects
111 all their relations and resolved them readily
into tlieir elements. He would have been a man
of mane in any company, and distinguished in
any pursuit he might hnvo selected."
Alter leaving college lie taught school several
years xVith great success—first, in Auburn, Ala.;
thou, ill the Academy for Young Men in Tus-
kegee, Ala.; and finally, ho was elected Profes
sor of Natural Sciences and Belles-Lettres in
TSfljit Alabama Fomalo College, in the same
city. During this tiinn he acquired new and
priceless treasures df knowledge“ blooms of
genius nursed by taste", lent fresh splendor to
hilt already resplendant mind. Besides xvriting
and delivering to Ins classes, lectures on the va-
riouJMcienooH xvhieli he taught—lectures studded
xvitUgcms of thought nud replete xvith scientific
r lore—lio studied the French and German lan
guages, prc‘pared hiniRelf for admission to the
BnSftud found time to cultivate tho lighter
graces of litoratui'o and acquire proficiency in
several of tlio flno arts. * He laid no claim to
poetic talent, but some rich gems from his flow
ing pen declare in sxx'eetest measuro how suc
cessfully ho xvooed tho gentle muse. Ho learn
ed tdplay skillfully on several musical instru
ments, but delighted most in tlio flute, whoso
sxx'eet notes, as thoy rose on the evening air,
seemed like his own xvitching eloquence breath
ed forth in ravishing strains of music.
He taught sohool only as a means of support
xvliile he xvas preparing for tho profession xviiicli
he had chosen since childhood, and for which he
xvas so eminently fitted. Ho xvas admitted to
the Bar of the Superior Court, in tlio Coxveta
Circuit, on his txvcn‘y-tliird birthday, and im
mediately took rank xvith tho very bcHt practi
tioners at that xvell-fillod Bar. Unlike most,
young luxvycrs, ho did not have to xvork his way
by sloxv and painful steps into practice, but bis
ervices were eagerly kouglit'from the very com-
aml efficient officer, xvho lmd served witli dis
tinction iii the Mexican war, reposed such con
fidence in his young subordinate that ho resigned
to him tho entire management of his command,
never interrupting in the slightest manner with
tlio wishes or plans of the Lieutenant Colonel.
Colonel Bull organized a scluxfl of theoretic in
struction for the officers, gave them regular les
sons in xvorks on tactics; drillod both officers
and men together, and separately, and practiced
them in maneuvers, xvith which few other offi
cers of his rank xvero familiar. But though ho
xvas a strict disciplinarian and a thorough tac
tician, he xx'as umfbrmiy kind to his “ boys,” as
he loved to call them, and ever thoughtful of
their comfort. His xvholo command adored him.
A mOnlhci 1 of tlio regiment only expressed the
sentinionts of the whole, xvheii lie xx'rotc to Cob
Bull’s father: “ The crushed and broken hearts
that mourn the loss of the hero of the 15th Ga.
Ilcgimeut, are not confined to/your family-circle.
‘ His place can never bo filled, 4 has been time
and again repeated by tho mourning ranks
lie so gallantly served.”
The testimony of auothcr of the Regiment,
is: “ Though I am old enough to have been hut
father xx*o xvero as intimate as brothers, and in
our intercourse ho was not only entertaining
but often instructive.” And although tho Colo
nel of tho 15th possessed the love of his com
mand, Colonel Bull xvas the one to whom they
looked for guidance and to xvhom they appealed
in distress. And noxv, tho almost universal ex
pression of tho survivors of that gallant band,
in speaking of their fallen loader, is: “I loved
hini like a brother.” With his superior officers
he xx'as no less a fiWorile. Gen. Fettigrexv (xvho
commanded thoiBngado to xvhieli tlio 15th xvas
attached) said:.-fell’ thero xvas a better officer
in Hit army than Cblonel Bull, and ono to xvhom
tho prospect of distinction in any department of
life xvns brighter, I <|id not know him. Ho xvas
indeed a. Ins*flje cmtiltrj'i”
From Eyafif^iort he xvas ordered to Yorktown,
and shared’in the hardships and sufferings of
mcnccnicnt of his career as a lax\*ycr. In his
office, at the drudgery of the profession—in the
Court room, before juries tho most ignorant aud
the most inietyigent; and even with the stem
Judges xvho preside ox’er tho Supreme Court,
ho xvas equally successful—he sxvayed juries
by liis touching pleadings and thrilling elo
quence; and by his sensible, pointed arguments
and thorough acquaintance xvith the laxv inx-olx--
ed in his cases influenced the decisions of the
grave lawyers before xvhom he was called to
plead. IIo; xvas connected xvith the Bar only
three years, but in that short time he gained a
reputation for which many have toiled, in vain,
a long life time; ho xvas already a famous cham
pion in tlio judicial arena; already liis voice xx'as
potent in the tribunals of his country, and had
he not been called to a bloodier arena and an
early grave, there is every reason to believe that
he xx'ould have xvorn, in his early manhood, the
high honors of the ermine, xvhieli usually adorn
only reVerond heads.
When quite young he allied himself xvith the
that terrible campaign on tho Peninsula, but
his sufferings were for his countr^ and xv
borne cheerfully for her sake. When that coun
try xx'as all peaceful and no shadow of war’s
dark cloud had Obscured her heavens, he said
in one of liis political speeches “one of the no
blest and most generous emotions of the human
heart, is tho affection, unalloyed and eternal,
which it feels for the land of its birth, tlio home
of' its childhood. Oh, if there is one affection
stronger than another, it is the unmingled lovo
xx’o feel for" our oxvn, our native laud!” And
when war's “iron car" xvas rolling ruthlessly over
that country, and love for her could no longer
be confined to the feeling of the heart or tho
expression of tho lips, ho xvroto to his mother
from tlio ice-bound trenches of the Peninsula,
xvhere his comrades were daily xvasting axvay,
“you know a great battle is imminent near
Yorktoxvn aud it is likely I shall bo in it. I
hope it may bo mine to do some little towards
defeating tho enemies of my country on the
same classic ground xvhere the last great battle
of the Devolution xvas fought. Whatever selfish
Democratic party, and xvas an ardent ami zeal- j ambition I may once lmve hud, is, I think I can
ous supporter of its doctrines; but, although ho truly say, entirely lost and forgotten in the
wning, devout, nll-ubsorb
loved liis party and its principles, and d
their success, he was too great to bo intolerant.
He respected the opinions of liis honest oppo
nents, and gave them credit for the same sincer
ity he felt for himself; and liis staunchest op-
posers, though they differed from him never so
xvidely, efttcomcd’and honored him. Tho lead
er, at that time, of the Whig party in Georgia,
>»o>c, the most honored .of all her sons, pro
nounced ^iis youthful opponent most prom
ising young man in the Mouth. At one time, a
member ofjdhe Democratic party, a man of high
position in Georgia, attempted to address the
citizens of La-Grange. An excited, turbulent
crowd gathered to prevent him, and with loud
cries and liissea effectually drowned liis voice.
He found it impossible to proceed and xvas
about to retire when Gustavus Bull stepped
in front of the speaker and the mob grexv quiet
in an instant/ In his pursuasive but fbl’cible
manner, he begged the crowd to give the gentle
man a rcspcctl'uj. ‘hearing—and not from regard
for the Governor of Georgia but for the sake ol
their untitled young townsman, they listened
attentively to the speaker, or xvallsed quietly
axvay.
He AA’fts one of Mr. Breckinridge’s electors in
the campaign of 18G0, and xvhen the electors met
to cast their votes, Mr. Bull xvas cho* cn Messen
ger, over sixty opponents, to eftrry tho c votes
to Washington.
When ho knew that Mr. Lincoln mrst be
elected, he eameMv favored secession, Itliev
ing most solemnly that it was the only hope of
his beloved section. And xvhen xvar xvas declar
ed, ho felt that duty and honor required him to
fight for the causo xvhieli he bad so warmly ad
vocated. He and a gallant young friend (xvho
noxv fills a soldier’s grave) formed a company
and offered it for service to the Governor of
Georgia, xvlio refused to accept it; the company
xvas disbanded. And tho La Grange Light
Guards, a volunteer company, (noxv immortal,)
of xvhieli lie htyd been au officer for several
years, offered itself, was accepted and ordered
to Virginia. The day tho Light Guards left La
Grange is ono of the saddest iu the sad history
of thatafilipted town. Oh! “there xvere cruel
partings, such as press the life from out fond
hearts” when that band of heroes left their
peaceful houses for the field of carnngo.
Lieutenant Bull was elected by the company to
deliver tlieir farewell to the citizens, hundreds
of whom ,had assembled at the depot to witness
their departure, and the thrilling pathos of that
mpassionecl farewell still linger in the hearts
of many xvho listened to it with their tear-
dimmed eyes fastened upon the grey-clad form
of some precipwheoklier, xvlio now' “ sleeps the
sleep that knows no waking” under tho droop
ing folds of the Conquered Banner.
Lieutcnan tBull remained at Norfolk several
mouths, and improved the season of inactivity
spent at that point in gaining knowledge of his
noxv profession lind iu drilling and instructing
tho soldiers under his care. He read many yiil-
itary xvorks, both French and English, and la
bored unrtanittingly to become an efficient,
skillful officmQpflHo was a great admirer of Na
poleon, studiedilig military maxims, and follow
ed them as closely as he could in his humble
rank and xvith liis - limited power. During tho
briof period he remained at Norfolk ho becamo
better versed m.iactics and more proficient as
officer than many a graduate of West Point,
or many a on^wibpse whole life had been spent
in tho servicivpf the stern goddess. But xvhile
there ho xva»a-attacked xvith a malarious fever,
which.rage(l fearfully among the soldiers station-
coast. He obtained six-
vent homo to La Grange
i.vered, and before his leave
Ircd, united with Colonel
in forming a nexv regimout,
which he xvas elected Lieut
g energy os ho disploy-
Bgimont, in securing its
od at that
ty days furlo
xvhere ho s)
of absence
Edward L. T
tho 35th
Colonel,
ed in making up tl
r'M#
acceptance, in trail
had nevor witnesRi
Iu a few xvcekB he
xvell-drilled,
ported xvitli
port, Virgin:
the regime]
tho men, (many of whom
drill), was nover excelled,
iverted raxv reoruitc into
dpliued soldiers, and re-
Gen. Johnson, at Evans-
ho had entire control of
;e Colonel, though an ablo
interest I feel
in my country's fate in this perilous hour.” In
the retreat from Yorktoxvn he commanded five
companies of infantry in a short but sharp cav
alry engagement, xvhieli took place near
Nexv Kent. Gen. Stuart having engaged sonio
of the enemy’s cavalry, sent a courier to ask tho
assistance of a fexv companies of infantry. Col.
Bull, without xvaiting for orders, hastened to
the help of.Ocn. Stuart, xvlio xvith his assistance,
repulsed tho euemy. Gen. Pettigrew was so
well pleased xvitli the manner in xvhieli Colonel
Bull acted his part, that, xvhon a f’exv nights
thereafter, it xvas announced that a cavalry regi
ment xvas charging upon them, lie selected Col.
Bull for the post of danger and honor, aud sent
him to tliQiextreme outpost, to axvait, in ambush,
the approach cf the cnciuy. It proved to be a
false alarm ; and the next fight, in which he
was engaged, xvas the fatal one, iu xvhieli lie
poured out, for tho *.ouutry he so dearly lox’ed,
the precious libation of his heart’s blood, a cost
ly sacrifice on the altar of Libertyi
On the list of May, 18G’2, in tho memorable
strife of Seven Pines, this brilliant star xveut
down in blood.
AVlien the battle x\*as hardly bogun t Gen. Pct-
tigrexv xvas wounded, it xvas fettred, mortally.—
Col. Bull boro him in his arms to a placo ol
safety, and xx'hen he had done all he could to
relieve liis beloved General, asked him if he
should remain xx'ith him or go back to his regi
ment. “Go to your command,” xvas the unsel
fish answer, of tho wounded General. When
Cob Bull returned to the battle-field ho found
Col. Thomas in command of the brigade, and at
once placed himself at the head of the 35th.
xvas apparently as culm and composed as though
lie hadJjeeii on dress parade ; not rash or reck
less. Ho xvas too sensible of his dread respon
sibility to lead his men rashly into danger ; and
life xvas too bright before him, the future too
alluring, for him to be reckless. Ho laid his
young life on liis country’s altar, but lio did it
as calmly, deliberately aud solemnly as Abra
ham bound his darling son on tho altar of his
Master. He knexv what blessings life had iu
store for him, and doubtless, they appeared
brighter than ever before, amid that sceno of
carnage fifed blood ; but he unfalteringly obeyed
every command givon him, and wherever their
loved leader went, his brave men unshrinkingly
followed. But xvhile charging a battery an un
fortunate order “to halt” xvas given by some
incompetent or frightened officer, and, almost
in the very mouth of tho cannon, those devoted
men stood, falling like leaves in autumn, under
that fearful shower of “leaden rain and iron
hail.” They felt that they xvere being needless
ly slaughtered, and commenced to waver. Col.
Bull knoxx’ing it would be far less hazardous to
advance than to remain xvlierc they were, rode in
front of them, and begged them, for the honor of
their dear old State, never to let it bo said that
Georgians fled before the invaders of their coun
try ; but to follow him and tako the battery as
they xvere first orderod. At tho sound of that
dear voice they began to rally; but xvhile he xvas
addressing them, a ball pierced his side and he
fell, mortally wounded. His leaderless com
mand fell back iu confusion, leaving the enemy
in possession of that portion of the field, and on
that bloody plain, with no comnftle near to give
him oven a “pitying glance,” that gallant sol
dier, the idol of so many fond hearts, was left
wounded, bleeding, dying ! But oveu in his dy
ing hour, and among his country’s enemies he
xvon friends ; friends xvho kindly cared for and
ministered to him. Ho was carried a prisoner
to the camp of Gen. Wm. Raymond Loo, then
Ool. Lee of the 20th Massachusetts Regiment. —
A fexv extracts from the letter of this chivalrous
officer to Col. BuII’b father will best shoxv the
manner of the brave, young soldier’s death, and
the rare kindness and magnanimity of the grand
old soldier, who soothed and cheered his dying
hours. “Tho battle of May 31st, 1802, (Fair
Oaks, as our military annals call it, terminated
aboulr half past six, P. M., lcaxung tho field in
possession of our forces. I immediately sent
out parties to coll cot and bring in tho wounded
of the enemy; we hart in our advauco left our
own wounded in tho roar; among tho officers,
xvho reported as prisoners of war, xvas your son;
Cnllii
Will*
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Coi
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Davit
That HtttinpH Inf]
ho wafTnotornffering from liis xvdnmt find waft
perfectly corriposed. liis demeanor and conver
sation interested mo immediately. I ordered
a bed of leaves and blankets prepared, nnd lay
ing Him and Gen. Pettigrew on it, covered them
with blankets aud gave them a stimulant.—
About five in tho morning Col. Bull again awoke,
perfectly composed and free from pain. I asked
him if he wanted anything. He replied, * I shall
die, and would like to die within our lines,
among my friends.’ I prepare^ a stretcher to
carry your son on to your line of pickets as
soon as day made it safe. I then gave him a
littlo stimulant and took a seat on tho ground
by his side. He said, ‘ I shall die soon. ’ I ex
pressed an encouraging hope otherwise, but
added, it may be tho xvill of God; treat me as
your friend; any messages you have for your
friends, I will faithfully send to Gen. Lee, xvho
xvas an old and iutimate friend of mine. 1 took
liis hand and lie gently presse.l my oxvn. He
then gave me your address and, xvith much
emotion, said, ‘ Give loving iarjwell to my fath
er and ulother; tell my father that I die resigned,
that I have discharged my duty—I am content.’
He then attempted another message but his
emotions overcame him. I said, I will be faith
ful to your wishes. He again sunk into a doze
and I left him. I assure you nothing was omit
ted which could render his situation as comfort
able as possible. We had a great many wound
ed prisoners, but the dignity and patience of
your son’s deportment gax'o to us all a deep in
terest in him.”
Early iu the morning the battle xvas renewed,
and Col. Leo had to take command of his regi
ment. During his abscence Col. Bull xx’as taken
to a hospital, as it xvas then impossible to send
him through tho linos; and about eight o’clock,
A. M., on tho 1st of June, 18G2, he breathed his
laRt among strangers and enemies. One of the
forms of benediction among Etlstevn nations is,
“ Mny you die among your kindred !” so sad do
they esteem it to die away from home and lox'-
cd ones. But not a friend, not even the gener
ous foemaii, who had been so kind to the help
less prisoner, xvas near him when his spirit took
its flight; only enemies xx'ere there to minister to
him when dying and to bury him xvhon dead;
but very short xvero the obsequies of tho dead
prisoner, vety simple the preparations for his
burial. No fleecy shroud, no costly garment
adorned his lifeless body; he xvas laid to rest in
his honor-stained suit of Confederate Grey;
no ouo marked tlio young robel’s grave; tho
simple board placed at his head bears thp.t sad
dest of all inscriptions, “Unknown."
When Col. Lee returned from the battle-field,
ho xx'ont, immediately, to see Col. Bull, but
found that he had been buried during his ab
sence. He asked ouo of the hospital attendants
to point out the grave so he could have it mark
ed, but all the information lie could gain from
the soldier was “it is one of that row, one of
those most northerly.”
After the surrender of the Confederate armies,
Colonel, now General Lee, wrote to the friends | STOVER, kC., kc
of Col. Bull that he could assist them iu recov
ering his remains; that he xx'as buried near
Adam’s farm, on the field of Seven Pines,
among a group of Fed.ral officers; and, as he
xvas the only Confederate in that small group,
there xvould be little difficulty in identifying liis
body. But, alas, it xvas too late ! The bodies
had been exliumed from Adam's farm and re-
interred iu the Federal cemetery at Seven Pines.
Gen. Leo xvrote to various officers of tho burial
corps, but could gain no clue to the nexv rest
ing-place of the disturbed remains. Although
further search seemed hopeless, the noble
General chcorfnlly consented to leave his home
iu Itoxbury, Mass., and goto Richmond, xx*bere,
in company with a relative of Col. Bull, he made
diligent search l’or several days, hut in vain. All
that is knoxvn of the spot xvhere he sleeps, is,
that his body xvas removed from its grave on tho
battle-field and reburied among the Unknown
in the Seven Pines cemetery.
His prix'ato character was as lovely as liis life
was brilliant and his death sublime. He xvas a
lofty type of a chix-alrous, cultivated gentleman.
Coitrtly in liis manners, sprightly but instinc
tive in conversation, he was a favorite alike xvith
young and old, grave and gay. The young de
lighted to be xvith the merry, genial boy, and
the old loved to listen to his entertaining,
thoughtful discourse.
In his home, he xvas the bright light which
threxv lustre over the household, noxv forever
darkened. He xvas the idol of his parents, the
darling of his sisters, tho model of his younger
brother« His sainted father often boasted that,
never, from tho time he could first understand
his accents, till his death, did ho ever disobey
liis slightest command j and although he xx-as as
spirited as his own xvar-steed, and the personifi
cation of manliness, he xvas ever tender aud gen
tle as a girl in his intercourse xvith his mother
and sisters*
Added to the natural loveliness of his charac
ter, were all the graces which adorn the Christian
profession. In 1858* during a protracted meet
ing in La GraUgp, he made profession of relig
ion and joined the Methodist Church, and lived
a consistent Christian life till ho wont to receive
the Christian’s reward. His precious dust min
gles with tho soil of a strange land—a mother’s
tears can UCVei’ bedexv his early gnive—sisters’
hands never nurse and train the flowers which
deck [the hallowed spdt—sorroxviug Comrades
never visit his tomb to do honor to their fallen
leader; but an angel guard keeps watch over the
slumbering soldier of the Cross, and at tho last
grand Iicviexv his great Comnianderrin-Chief
will confer illustrious honor on his faithful fol
lower. His blood-stained uniform xvill bo ex
changed for a bldod-uxished robe; his trusty
sword replaced by a harp of gold | his gfey cap
laid aside for a golden croxvn; palms of victory
tako the place of earthly laurels; his glorified
body, no longer bear tho marks of the cruel
ball, which crushed out his life, and he xvill hear
the blessed summons—
We tboiiqlit of thno MUfforillg alone,
Thy bright eye dim, thy Htrengtli all go]
Muttering iu fevered dreaniH,
Of far-off purling atreamn
Id x
le endeared;
i, atrivlug to traeo
in a Hlriiugi-r'H fan
sr t/nn than we,
lid wept lor thee.
ilout of earth,
> gave that Hplrit birth,
II liv
nd xvith deeds of gloi
to toll the Htory.
1 nvengo the blow,
llnnt leader low;
a tliiue early doom
lent* and to gloom.
foHepb left;
will tell
riot will diadain
ring llpn complain,
of delight,
Thou li&at taken sor
Put off tlio garme
In giving up thin Ik
A Hiiorifiee to truth nnd right;
Hut oh! like him of old, 'twill ho
Accounted riglitcouaucHH to thee.
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rumor told many flattering tales of his being
alive in the hands of tho enemy, of his speedy
exchange and certain recovery; and though thoy
could but weep for the dear boy in his distant
prison, they rejoicod in tho hope of meeting
hint again and spending many blissful days in
loved society. When General Lee's letter came,
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broken father the following beautiful
ELEGIAC 8TANZ.YS.
Thy doom xvo feared;
In our doop souls 'twos hoard.
Like muttoriugfl of a ftif-off soa.
Hope, tlio siren, sang in our oar,
A strain that hade Uh cense to fear;
It frowned tho roar
Tho a*d winds boro,.
A captive, ho will yet bd free.
Bho said,
(And oh! how blindly wo boliovod'
That Hopo that cheered but to docolye)
Thou wort not dead;
And thus wo thought of thco,
A prisoner, wounded and alone,
Thy proud spirit dialling at thy bonds*
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