Greensborough Patriot (NC)
December 18, 1862
Page 2
Death
of Lieutenant Weir
Again
has the God of Battle blessed our arms with another victory; again have the
hired minions of a despotic foe been made to bite the dust, and retire in
disgrace from [unreadable phrase] the valor of Southern arms. But while our hearts rejoice at this
continuation of God’s mercy towards a people contending in the noblest cause by
which man can be inspired, yet must we mourn the loss of many loved and dear
ones who have fell martyrs to the cause of constitutional liberty, and in the defence [sic] of our homes, our mothers, our wives and
children, leaving for the historian ample material to adorn his brightest page,
and setting an example worthy the emulation of the posterity of a noble people.
Our
own community have been called upon in the midst of
rejoicing to mourn the loss of many of our noblest men. We, from our own town, have been saddened on
the occasion of the death of our brave Gorell, the
chivalrous Charles, the intrepid Adams, and yet again are we called upon to
record the loss of another brave officer whose gallant bearing on the field has
been called away in the prime of youth and at a time when his affections had
the strongest hold upon living and devoted parents, admiring friends, and an
entire community who looked upon him as a youth of rare endowments,
intellectual and spiritual. Intelligence
of the death of Lieut. Weir was received here by telegraph, but a short time after
he fell—causing a pang of sorrow in the hearts of all who knew him. He was an officer in company F, 46th
regiment, and died while manfully discharging his duty in the thickest of the
fight.
[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]
