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The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], The lecture to-night. (search)
Fall of gallant officers. Among the gallant spirits who fall bravely contending for the right at the stage of Fort Donelson, we notice the name of Dobacy Carr Marricon, who commanded a company from Hanover county. He was wounded in the desperate struggle of Saturday, and was carried on board a steam beat and died on his way to Clarksville. Alluding to his death, the Lynchburg Virginian says: "He was a son of the Rev. Peyton Harricon, of Cumberland, and was himself a minister of the Presbyterian Church. He was a chaplain for two years of the University of Virginia, and for some months temporarily in charge of the First. Presbyterian Church of this city. The war found him in charge of a congregation in Hanover county. Impelled by a lofty patriotism he deemed it his duty to enter the army. He was chosen captain of a volunteer company, and soon showed the qualities of an excellent soldier. He was a Christian gentleman of the highest order — a man of education, fine intellige