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LOCAL ITEMS.' Heath ofSfrhf.on Stewart Kennedy-*$£ IT- S. N.—With suwmc grief we aoiKmnce the death of Surgeon' Stewart Kennedy, I;. S. N.^ The sad .event occurred at ilte United States Hotel, Harrisburg, on Tuesday evening the 8th fust. Surgeon Kennedy at the time of Ms de-eoHse had entered iipoo bis thirty-first year and , was the youngest full Surgeon in the .United. States Navy. He was Mini iu Easton, but Mr father and family having soon after removed to this place-, lus earl}- associations and. education were formed hero. He read medicine with Dr. A. H. SoBseny, and graduated with, high honor st*JeflcMon MedicalCollegein 1854.' Soon alter , he removed to the place of his birth for thi. purpose of practicing his profession, hut after a tewtnonths he. determined- to enter the Navy,-and attended another ‘course of lectures to more thoroughly qualify himself. -In the sttc-• Ceeding Spring he presented himself before the Navy .MediealExamining Board, and was passed with the rank of Assistant-,Surgeon. A leave j of absence having been granted him,Jie visited j Kurope, returning in the course of the Summer. At this period the yellow fuver, in its most „ malignant form, raged in'various Southern cities. SurgeomajKtinody at once volunteered his semen's, to t i-ti- ir medical aid to the sufferers, und pr • sf 11 I without'delay to Norfolk. His 'humane* a|tention8:dnriug . the; distressing eeason weri^^erly acknowledged, but before th (-disease r3?aw3, Ik? Musself became a victim and for a tf rdr!ij| life was despaired of. Ho returned to this^jnace to await- orders, suffering intensely from Ids label's and the sickness which he had undergone. For a number of years succeeding, ho -pe^gmed- duty'on one* of the principal, vesse' ii ’-Pacific. At the breaking out of the r .. Surgeon Kennedy stood firm for the flafyarflliipfe assigned to duty in the Gulf of Mexjmo'f'“Several brilliant incidents»of bravery aud skill with which his name isconnected while in the service, must recur to the minds of our readers. At this time he was appointed toTthe rank of fnliSnrgeon, aposition deservedly conferred from Ms previous long and assiduons duty. He was ordered -to report at New York, but asked permission to join the fleet of Admiral Farragut, then preparing for operations before New Orleans. When Farragut attacked and captured Forts St. Philip -andJackson, r - eon Kennedy was on his flagship, the “Hartford,” and remained with the Adrni-V*rnl until New Orleans wag securely in oar hands ' At the riineof the Rebel inyasiou'into Maryland in September, 186-2, he was in Philadelphia, but volunteered his services, and was on the field of Antietam, rendering assistance to our wounded on the'day of battle. Last May he was appointed to the “ Tieonderagd.” Iu January j Inst this, with a number of, other vessels, was sent out in pursuit of the “ Chesapeake,” which had been captured and taken possession of by Jiebel pirates. Id February be returned to' PhiladeilpMa, suffering from a severe attack of disease of the throat He partially recovered I p and was on his way to this place, when he was ( suddenly seized with congestion of the lungs, I in Harrisburg, which terminated tus life.From early childhood Surgeon Kennedy evinced surpassing talent, and the high position which he attained bespoke the industry with which he cultivated his many gifte. ^ In social life he was gentle, generous and manly, and always an especial favorite with,thdse he claimed I w hia friends.,- It is sod to think that one so ; j, kind and gifted should be called so soon .from : j, earth; but though tho mandate6 has been, execu- j ted. his memory will remaiugreen in the hearts | | of the many who knew him but^o love him. , j 1The remains of Surgeon Kennedy were interred in the Cemetery of the Presbyterian. Church in this, place, ou Thursday last. . sli
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Chambersburg Franklin Repository
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Mar 16, 1864
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