The Death of Lieut. Ellett.-In our issue of yesterday we briefly alluded to the death of Lieut. James Ellett, of this city, who was killed on Saturday by the explosion of a shell fired by the enemy.
On that eventful day Lieut. Ellett was in command of the Crenshaw Battery, and was standing near his guns, in conversation with Major Fegram, at the moment when he received his death wound- Mr. Ellett was as well known to the Richmond community as any man in the city, and as widely esteemed as he was known.
When scarcely more than a youth he filled the responsible position of Clerk of the county Court, in the discharge of the duties of which station, combined with his urbane and genial deportment, he so far won the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens that he was chosen by their almost unanimous voice to fill the higher office of Clerk of the Circuit Court, of which office he was the incumbent at the time of his death.
Nothing but a pure and ardent love of his oppressed country called Mr. Ellett to the field.
He sought no refuge from the clash of battle in the exemption granted him by law; but, inspired by a high and holy sense of duty, with an eye single to the dis-enthrallment of his country, he mingled in the fray and sacrificed upon the altar of Liberty all that a patriot can give-his life.
On that eventful day Lieut. Ellett was in command of the Crenshaw Battery, and was standing near his guns, in conversation with Major Fegram, at the moment when he received his death wound- Mr. Ellett was as well known to the Richmond community as any man in the city, and as widely esteemed as he was known.
When scarcely more than a youth he filled the responsible position of Clerk of the county Court, in the discharge of the duties of which station, combined with his urbane and genial deportment, he so far won the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens that he was chosen by their almost unanimous voice to fill the higher office of Clerk of the Circuit Court, of which office he was the incumbent at the time of his death.
Nothing but a pure and ardent love of his oppressed country called Mr. Ellett to the field.
He sought no refuge from the clash of battle in the exemption granted him by law; but, inspired by a high and holy sense of duty, with an eye single to the dis-enthrallment of his country, he mingled in the fray and sacrificed upon the altar of Liberty all that a patriot can give-his life.
The Death of Lieut. Ellett.-In our issue of yesterday we briefly alluded to the death of Lieut. James Ellett, of this city, who was killed on Saturday by the explosion of a shell fired by the enemy.
On that eventful day Lieut. Ellett was in command of the Crenshaw Battery, and was standing near his guns, in conversation with Major Fegram, at the moment when he received his death wound- Mr. Ellett was as well known to the Richmond community as any man in the city, and as widely esteemed as he was known.
When scarcely more than a youth he filled the responsible position of Clerk of the county Court, in the discharge of the duties of which station, combined with his urbane and genial deportment, he so far won the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens that he was chosen by their almost unanimous voice to fill the higher office of Clerk of the Circuit Court, of which office he was the incumbent at the time of his death.
Nothing but a pure and ardent love of his oppressed country called Mr. Ellett to the field.
He sought no refuge from the clash of battle in the exemption granted him by law; but, inspired by a high and holy sense of duty, with an eye single to the dis-enthrallment of his country, he mingled in the fray and sacrificed upon the altar of Liberty all that a patriot can give-his life.
On that eventful day Lieut. Ellett was in command of the Crenshaw Battery, and was standing near his guns, in conversation with Major Fegram, at the moment when he received his death wound- Mr. Ellett was as well known to the Richmond community as any man in the city, and as widely esteemed as he was known.
When scarcely more than a youth he filled the responsible position of Clerk of the county Court, in the discharge of the duties of which station, combined with his urbane and genial deportment, he so far won the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens that he was chosen by their almost unanimous voice to fill the higher office of Clerk of the Circuit Court, of which office he was the incumbent at the time of his death.
Nothing but a pure and ardent love of his oppressed country called Mr. Ellett to the field.
He sought no refuge from the clash of battle in the exemption granted him by law; but, inspired by a high and holy sense of duty, with an eye single to the dis-enthrallment of his country, he mingled in the fray and sacrificed upon the altar of Liberty all that a patriot can give-his life.
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