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The Daily Dispatch: may 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Disgraceful condition of Havelock's grave. (search)
The Disgraceful condition of Havelock's grave. --The following is an extract from a soldier's letter, dated Oude, March 2d, 1861: "On our route we came to Lucknow, where the renowned General Havelock breathed his last, and where his remains are interred. A more wretched mark for the grave of a brave soldier I never wiGeneral Havelock breathed his last, and where his remains are interred. A more wretched mark for the grave of a brave soldier I never witnessed, and I have seen a great many during my career as a soldier.--The information for the passers-by is some poor soldier's bed ticket nailed to a tree, with the following inscription done with an old nail, or some other such instrument: 'Here rest the remains of General Havelock.' So you see that his memory is more-respected on for the passers-by is some poor soldier's bed ticket nailed to a tree, with the following inscription done with an old nail, or some other such instrument: 'Here rest the remains of General Havelock.' So you see that his memory is more-respected by the men who served under him than by the Government he so faithfully served."