Greensborough Patriot

February 19, 1863

Page 4

 

DEATH OF CAPT. WILSON D. MOORE, CO. “E” 45th REGIMENT, N. C.

            Captain Wilson D. Moore died in camp near Goldsboro’ N. C. on the 5th inst., from the effects of vaccination after a confinement of 19 days.  The best medical skill was brought to bear on his case but his sufferings were so great and the symptoms of disease so unchangeable that the administering of medicine was of no effect.  He was conscious of his condition, bore his sufferings with patience, expressed a willingness to die, and informed his friends that death was inevitable, and that he must go, and called all that were present to his bed side and bade them farewell.  His remains accompanied by his wife and brother were carried to his home for interment.

            The deceased, a native of Rockingham county, N. C., was in the 26th year of his age, the prime of manhood and was snatched by the hand of death just as his life began to bloom.  He entered service of his country as 1st Lieut. of the company in which he volunteered, having served in this capacity for nearly eleven months, when he was promoted to the position of Captain.  He was a good officer, a pleasant associate, and had won for himself the esteem and confidence of every member of his company, and in his death they have sustained the loss of a warm hearted, generous, gallant friend.

            Alas, that one so useful both at home and in service should be stricken down so early in life, but death delights in a shining star, and had taken him as one of more than ordinary brilliancy.  His habits of life were admired by all who knew him, and it would be well for all his friends to select his example as the pathway of life.  He has passed from the din of war and confusion, and it is believed by his friends who attended his sick bed that his spirit has soared to realms above.

            He leaves a wife and two little children with many warm and devoted friends to mourn his untimely death.  He is no more, and it can be truthfully said of him, “Lost to sight, to memory dear.”

S. H. B.

 

[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]