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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Historical address of the former commander of Grimes Battery. (search)
and then I heard for the first time that Captain Grimes was wounded. I found him sitting up against a hay rick, almost unconscious. I dismounted from my horse, went to him, put my arms around his neck, drew his head over my shoulder, and said: Carey, do you know who I am? He did not speak, but nodded assent. I saw he was dying, then I put my mouth close to his ear and said: Carey, this is our last meeting on this earth; if you have got any message for me to carry home, if I should live tCarey, this is our last meeting on this earth; if you have got any message for me to carry home, if I should live to get there, now tell me. He whispered: Tell my wife I died for my country and her. Then becoming unconscious, I left him, with a detail of men. He died about 8 o'clock that night, and next morning we wrapped his body in a tent fly and buried him under a tree in the field with Masonic rites. While we were engaged in the ceremonies, the owner of the farm joined us, and said: This shall be a sacred spot: I will put a fence around it to protect it. Soon after we were ordered to retreat t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
, Colonel, Wm. Winston, 300. Gaines, Lieutenant Samuel M., 76. Gettysburg, Battle of, 28; Pickett's charge at, 327; bloody charge of, 336. Gibbon, General, John, 330. Gibson, Moses, 217. Gill, John, 177. Gladstone, W. E., Dying words of, 52. Godwin, General Archie C., 194; killed, 196. Grabill, Captain John H., 363. Grafton, Camp at, in 1861, 188. Graves, Master C. W., Commanding U. S. Steamer Lockwood in 1862, 151. Greene, U. S. Navy, Lieutenant, 324. Grimes, Captain Carey F., killed, 152. Hampton Roads, Conference in February, 1865, The, 311 Harper's Ferry, Demonstration in May, 1862, The, 200, Harper Colonel Kenton, 363. Hartford Convention in 1814, The, 60. Haskell, Colonel A. C., 244 Hatton, Captain Clarence R., 194. Hayes Colonel R. G., His report of Captured Stuff, 297. Henderson, cited, Colonel, 20 Henley, Captain R. L, Gallantry of, 251. Herndon, Dr., Brodie Strauchan, 42. Hill, Tribute to General Lee, by B. H. 351.