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It to williac* *ad tho distinguished gentle-Een and tffloers were pimply misinformed as to Jaots or have forgotten the history cc that event. It is only throngh a sense of julice to nsy old regiment that I now spou.In conclusion I adu thn.r, yi»utig ElAcdeiw, FomeJG years of age, had run away Irom Athens college* Georgia, la the apriag oc 1M-4 and tried to enlist in our regitnent-Cclonel Hanieou, commanding. seut him back to the college ftutoorUiew under guard. IVhen he appeared in 1SGJ3 he oarne with the written consent of his father, was enlisted as a private and the next day at Mill oreefc bridge hn.weis mortally wound* d, bat was held in his saddle by a ranger who sat be* Mud him. I am told that hi* fattier sat on his hone as cam pose diy and quietly as 11 peace and good will on earth prevailed; Kve orders as if nothing sad to him had taken place; directed that; an ambulance be procured and that the b:»y be taken to a safe place to die. f W\ R. Friend, Cuero, Tex., in Philadelphia Timas*
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Sat, Dec 03, 1887
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