Company D, 11th Virginia Regiment.[For the Richmond Dispatch.]
At a meeting of this company, held in camp, this 8th day of June, 1862,
Capt. W. W. T. Coghill, was called to the chair, and
Lieut. John S. Taylor appointed
Secretary; and the object of the meeting having been explained, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, on Sunday last the 1st of and an entire week having passed without the publication of the of this regiment.
It is, therefore.
Resolved, That in the death of these gallant young men, the company, as will as the parents and friends, and the we trust has resulted in sternal gain to the gallant dead, whose many virtues will long be remembered by all whose pleasure it were to know them.
Resolved, That we tender to the gray-haired fathers and mothers, and kindred, the two former, and the widowed mother and kindred of the latter, our sincere and heartfelt sympathies for this bereavement, and would here point them for consolation to their great Exemplar, who gave His life as well for His enemies as for his friends, as did also these young men for their country and their country's cause.
Resolved, farther, And we have pledge ourselves to each other, with the blessing of God, when opportunity shall offer, to avenge the death of our young comrades.
Resolved. That the
Richmond and
Petersburg papers be requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting, and that the
Secretary forward to the bereaved families each a copy of these resolutions.