| A Brave Patriot Gone
Many brave and true hearts have been stricken with sorrow at the announcement of the death of Lt. Nelson Bartholomew, of the Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment, which occurred in Philadelphia on Thursday Nov.29, aged 27. He was a native of Hardwick Mass. and graduated from Yale College in 1856, and was afterwards at Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar in this county, and commenced practicing in Oxford, “In his legal business he was correct, methodical and laborious. He had a capacious mind, guided by sound common sense;” and soon gaining the confidence and affection of the Oxford people commanded a lucrative business. He was a worthy instance of the degree of greatness in moral worth, learning, and unsullied patriotism which characterizes a large portion of our army. Though possessed with those virtues that make society a blessing, and bring happiness and enjoyment to their possessor, and engaged in a profession which called forth his whole energies and interest in doing a noble work for those of his time; yet when his country cried out for help, he knew nothing higher, or more worthy of his life, than a privilege to sacrifice all for her good. It was not his lot to die on the battlefield. But while his brave companions in arms were engaged on that memorable day at Edwards Ferry, he was none the less a hero. His sympathies were with them, and now, after suffering long with a disease contracted soon after entering his country’s service, he has gone to meet those brave hearts that fell on that day. |