This post was contributed to the Crawford County Chapter of OGS by Kristina Stearley as part of the Florence Siefert Scrapbook in 2010.
The scrapbook is compiled from undated, unidentified newspaper clippings involving events in the lives of Crawford County citizens living in or having connections to New Washington, Tiro, Shelby, Sulphur Springs, Chatfield, Bucyrus, Ashland, Mansfield, and other areas. Only minimal spelling or punctuation corrections were made. Unreadable areas are shown by underlines, dots &/or question marks. This collection has been scanned, “optical character recognized” (OCR’d), proofed, then coded for HTML by volunteers of the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Since the copies are not of the best quality errors may have been made. Please contact us if you find corrections needing to be made or can verify any missing dates which could be added.
DEATH OF A SOLDIER
William Whitcomb who was recruited about three months ago, by Sargent McNaul and went to Western Va., with some twenty others from this place to join Capt. Woodward’s Company took sick at Camp Ewing and was sent to the Wheeling Military Hospital, a distance of 300 miles. Mr. Whitcomb while at the Hospital, received every attention that could have been bestowed upon him bad he been among his frlends at home. The ladies in Wheeling are in daily attendance, and watch closely the wants of the sick. While at the Hospital he grew worse and worse, until death removed him to a higher sphere. Mr. Whitcomb was an excellent young man and a Christian, and beloved by all who knew him. His remains were brought to Ashland on Monday last, in the charge of Mr. Alfred Hall, private in Company G. Thus occasionally we are compelled to mourn the loss of our brave men, but it is a comfort to know that they fell at the post of duty, and of honor and their names shall be embalmed in the memory of their countrymen.
