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The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Tribute to the gallant dead. (search)
A Tribute to the gallant dead. Richmond, May 10, 1862. To the Editors of the Dispatch: Among the many brave patriots who yielded up their lives on the bloody field at Williamsburg, none will be more universally regretted than Mr. J. A. Harriston, of Henry county, Virginia. Brave, chivalrous, and uncompromising when his country's honor was at stake, he rushed gallantly to the field at his country's call, and sealed his devotion to her by pouring out his life-blood in her cause. MMr. Harriston was an educated military man. and an accomplished and gallant officer. He was educated at the Virginia Military Institute, and was regarded as one of the most gallant of the "elevens" of that noble institution. I, the writer of this brief notice, "knew him long and well," we having been cadets together, and even at that time forming a friendship which time has but served to strengthen. At the beginning of this war we both entered the field together, though in different parts of