| Death of Sergeant Benjamin Taft
The sad intelligence was received in this city, yesterday, of the death of Serg’t Taft, Of Company I, fifteenth Massachusetts regiment at Saulsbury , N.C., where he was held as a prisoner of war. He died of typhoid fever, after an illness of ten days. The confederate officer who forwarded the intelligence to the friends of the “deceased” in this city says ”He had every attention shown him possible under the circumstances by a good surgeon, and was perfectly comfortable. He left no messages. He was decently buried the day following his death in the Lutheran churchyard of this place.” Serg’t Taft enlisted in Company D, where he served as first corporal, but was afterwards promoted to be first sergeant of Company I. His age at the time of his death was 20 years, 11 months and one day. He was the son of Mr. Moses Taft of this city---Spy, 6th. |