( 13 ) so much blood before he could reach the hospital, that he did not rally sufficiently to allow of amputation. He was perfectly conscious for several hours after reaching the hospital, and had much conversation with Surgeon Brownell and Chaplain Bradford. The Surgeon states that “from first to last, the same calm, pleasant expression, pervaded his whole countenance.” “ He met his end,” says the Chaplain, “ with calmness almost unparalleled.” He desired the Surgeon to say to his mother, “I die cheerfully,”—and to his brother, “I fell at the front.” He died on the morning of the 20tli,— his birthday, — being just 28 years old. Many messages and farewell words for dear ones at home, were committed by the dying man to these two friends, which they had not time to communicate in the hurry of pursuit, but which are expected soon. For these last utterances we wait with interest. Yet aside from this, he has not left himself without witness of his faith and hope. Some idea of his habitual state of mind may be given by a few extracts from letters home. From Ship Island, where he first landed, he writes to his mother, in March, 1862, “I believe I am doing my duty in being where I am. I have ambitions for the future which I believe are good ones. At present I have no longings, not even for personal safety, so strong is my desire to do my whole duty. But perhaps I do not know myself; no man can in our position. I do especially hope that my affection for my family may not make a coward of me, if my courage should ever be tested. I hope to act so that you shall have no mortification in the mention of my name. May God bless you all, as he is blessing me.” Just before leaving Ship Island for New Orleans, he wrote, “People do not go to war to play. We are exposed to the same possibilities as all armies, though it seems now as if our victory would be an easy one. But we all • obey blind orders. I counted the whole cost, and trust I am prepared for it, before I sought to enter the service.” Under date of Oct. 20, 1862, he writes, “We greatly
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