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st-- "The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer's dust, Burn to the socket" Another similar incident has been related to me by a Captain in one of the Kentucky regiments concerning the dying moments of Lieut. Col. Holbrook, his superior officer. I make no apology for these narrations first, because they are a port of history and deserve a place upon its noblest page; and secondly, because there are touches of nature in them, which must find a response in the heart of every reader. They are illustrious examples of living and dying patriotism, which every Southern soldier may well strive to emulate in his perilous career to glory. Lieut. Col. Holbrook was severely wounded in two or three places; in one mortally, but he fell at the head of his regiment in one of its proudest moments — a victorious charge. He was conveyed at once to the hospital, and there learned that his injuries were of a mortal character. After the battle several of hi