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The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn 6 0 Browse Search
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oad and fire until he was hit and instantly killed. This occurred in the woods adjoining the corn-field where Sedgwick's division met with its heavy losses. The next day, when the ground came into possession of the Federal army, his body was carefully and tenderly buried by his comrades, with a headboard inscribed, Sergeant Whittemore. It was soon after removed to Mount Auburn. There it rests in a spot that was a favorite resort of his while in college. It is situated on the slope of Harvard Hill,—an enclosure endeared by family associations, and which he was careful to adorn and keep in order. In view of his exceeding worth to others, and as we think of all he might have been had he remained with us longer, we cannot help feeling and saying, George Whittemore died before his time. Yet it is only in this view, and only as we thus think, that we are allowed to deem his death premature. His life had already reached roundness and completeness; his spirit was already trained to f