. . wept when Harker Grant gave expressionto his sincere sorrow, and pro-nounced him the most promis-ing brigadier-general in theArmy of the Cumberland. In the family lot whererest his parents, in the Episco-pal cemetery at Sweedsboro,New Jersey, near where hefirst saw the light, reposes thebody of this noble and valorousman. A granite shaft, erectedby the officers and men of hiscommand. testifies their abid-ing affection for him. Abouthis grave were the Memorial-day tributes that told us his memory is stillcherished in
. . wept when Harker Grant gave expressionto his sincere sorrow, and pro-nounced him the most promis-ing brigadier-general in theArmy of the Cumberland. In the family lot whererest his parents, in the Episco-pal cemetery at Sweedsboro,New Jersey, near where hefirst saw the light, reposes thebody of this noble and valorousman. A granite shaft, erectedby the officers and men of hiscommand. testifies their abid-ing affection for him. Abouthis grave were the Memorial-day tributes that told us his memory is stillcherished in his childhood home, while a reunited, prosperous, and happycountry tells to all the world that the sons who gave their lives in her de-fense did not die in vain. It will be remembered that while we were on the marchfrom Nashville to Savannah, Tennessee, we encamped one nightnear the plantation of General Gideon J. Pillow, of the Confeder-ate army. Colonel Harker passed some time at the Pillow man-sion, and there made the acquaintance of Miss Narcissa P. Saun-. CHAKLES F. TOY,SIXTH BATTERY. HIS ROMANCE OF THE HEART. 793
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