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FOR THE OBSERVERHemhjuarters (V A, .‘{Nr Keu t N C. T. j f (.'ami* near Charleston, C . April 21, 18L8 j jA meeting of the member? of Co A, 81 «t Reg’t N C.Troop? wait heM today to manileat tiieir esteem for the , i memories of etir friends and brother soldiers. PrivatesR Purnell aud E M Phillips of Robeson county, N\' C , who departed this life, the former in the Hospital 1 at Wilmington, N C , on the ‘doth of Feb'y 18B3f of ty- 9 phot-1 fever, the latter in Hospital at Charleston. 8 C i ; on the 11th of April 18**8, after a brief i linens of typhoidfever: S*»rg’t Isaac fl. SteRgall was called to the Chair.I and Serg t Edward S Lewis appointed Sec y.On motion a committee of four was appoint? i tu draft I resolutions suitable to the occasion, consisting of Serg’ts* W. W Glover, H. B Regan, W R Freeman and CorpM ( A. D Watson The committee retired and in a few ‘ minutes submitted the following Preamble and Kesolu*1 | tions: 1 Whereas: It has pleased Almighty God to take from |us our esteemed friends and feliow-9oldiers. Privates 15. j Purnell and E. M. Phillips of Co. A, 81st Infantry; i therefore, 1Resolved, That while we bow iu humble submission 1 to the dispensation of a Righteous Providence, that we j ' cannot but deeply lament the loss that both we and the j ^ 1 cause we serve have sustained. I* Resolved. That we deeply sympathize with the relatives and friends of the deceased inthistheit irreparable ’ lossResolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the Fayetteville Observer, with the request r to publish the same.- j Serg’t ISAAC II STEAGALL, Ohm'n: Serg’t Edward S. Lewis, Seo’yi* t
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Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, North Carolina, US
Thu, Apr 30, 1863
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