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The Daily Dispatch: November 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], The late Major-General Ramseur. (search)
The late Major-General Ramseur. --It will be recollected that General Ramseur's body was embalmed by the enemy and returned to our lines. He was buried at Lincolnton, North Carolina, a few days since. A letter gives some particulars, not published heretofore, of his death: "The features of the distinguished dead were pGeneral Ramseur's body was embalmed by the enemy and returned to our lines. He was buried at Lincolnton, North Carolina, a few days since. A letter gives some particulars, not published heretofore, of his death: "The features of the distinguished dead were perfectly natural, except a marble paleness, and were seen by all, both villagers and strangers, who came to the church to take the last look on his noble face. The body had been embalmed by the enemy. He received his mortal wound between 5 and 6 o'clock in the evening, (on the 19th ultimo,) after two horses had been shot under his and taken by the enemy, as also Major Hutchinson. Being taken to General Sheridan's headquarters, Major Hutchinson obtained permission to remain there with General Ramseur. "The General's last words were, 'Tell my darling wife I die with a firm faith in Christ, and trust to meet her hereafter.' His last words to the ambulan