Sergeant-Major Eugene L. Reynolds, of Bellefontaine. A
bright, handsome, ambitious, soldierly youngster; brave as a lion; so game in
appearance and conduct; cheerful, happy, and full of promise! Killed at the
close of the day on the mountain top. Taken prisoner, says Captain Williams of
the Twelfth, and attempting to escape, shot in the bowels and afterwards
bayonetted through the forearm.
Corporal Bull, Company A. A fine-looking, amiable boy,
always smiling. Killed at Antietam.
Wilson B. Harper, Franklin County. A Mark Tapley for
jollity, large, healthy, industrious, and so anxious to please, he always
agreed with you. Wounded badly in thigh at South Mountain and died after
amputation a few days after. Cheerful to the last.
[List not completed.]
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 380
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