Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Henry P. Taylor

HENRY P. TAYLOR, Says Captain Studer, "died suddenly and unexpectedly." A most excellent man; a real Christian and a gentleman; one of the best men in the company; a true patriot; quiet and firm; anxious to perform all his duties; kind and courteous to all around him, very respectful to his officers; highly esteemed and respected by all. In the night of March 14, 1862, he fell suddenly ill, in the company's quarters at Camp Halleck, Keokuk, and died within about 1 1/2 hours from the time he first complained. The surgeon could not render a correct certificate as to name of disease, but thought it to be congestive chill, he having been summoned too late to see much of his case, or to save him. Taylor had a wife and several small children when he enlisted, depending wholly on him for support. His sudden and untimely end created a deep feeling of sadness among all around him. He was a good citizen, and the country lost a splendid soldier. He lived in Des Moines; was a laboring man; age, thirty-three; a native of Ohio; a private; enlisted Feb. 6, 1862.

SOURCE: Leonard Brown, American Patriotism: Or, Memoirs Of Common Men, p. 214-5

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