| Sudden Death
Capt. Walter Forehand, tobacconist on Front street, died suddenly from heart disease while sitting in a chair in his store yesterday afternoon. Capt. Forehand joined the 15th regiment Massachusetts volunteers, in Camp Scott, in Worcester, at the breaking out of the rebellion, as captain of the Grafton company, so called, he being at that time a resident of Saundersville. He followed the fortunes of the regiment until November, 1862, when he was discharged for disability, having been wounded in the battles of Ball's Bluff and Antietam. Afterwards, having been commissioned as captain in the invalid corps, served most of the time in Washington and vicinity until the close of the war, frequently having charge of prisoners of war, and was in charge of General Early and other generals of lesser note en route to Fort Warren, when thge news reached the party of the death of Abraham Lincoln. Capt. Forehand was a man of sterling integrity in all his business habits, and lived up to the motto quite too often forgotten: Never make a contract that you cannot keep. He leaves a wife and two daughters. At a meeting of the directors of the Fifteenth Mass. Regt. Association, held in this city last evening, the following resolutions were passed: Whereas, the sudden death of our comrade, Capt. Forehand, having come to our notice; Resolved, that in our late associate, Captain Walter Forehand, we remember with satisfaction his meritorious and gallant service in camp and field during the late war of the rebellion. Resolved, that as a member of our association we found in him a warm friend and a manly desire to keep alive the memories of the old fifteenth, and in his loss we mourn as only those who mourn a good and true comrade in arms. Resolved, that a committee of this association tender their services as bearers upon the sad funeral occasion so soon to be performed. Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the family of the deceased and also to the Worcester papers for publication. |