. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . he fitting record, Died on The Field of Honor. The following lines, read at the dedication of the monu-ment, were written for the occasion:— THE GRAVE OF COL. E. E. CROSS. Let Him Rest Where They Have Laid Him. Let him rest where they have laid him,Where in youth he loved to dwell;Mid the hills of old New England,By the home he loved so of kindness still are hearts beat for him him rest where they have laid the church-yard on the hi
. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . he fitting record, Died on The Field of Honor. The following lines, read at the dedication of the monu-ment, were written for the occasion:— THE GRAVE OF COL. E. E. CROSS. Let Him Rest Where They Have Laid Him. Let him rest where they have laid him,Where in youth he loved to dwell;Mid the hills of old New England,By the home he loved so of kindness still are hearts beat for him him rest where they have laid the church-yard on the hill. Sweetly bloom the budding the mound above his breast,That a sisters hand hath plantedOer a heart she loved the tears have often fallenOn that spot, so lone and so peaceful now he the church-yard on the hill. Let him rest where they have laid him,All his trials now are oer;He has gone to join the spiritsOn that bright, celestial the scenes so bright and joyousThat once caused his heart to not his peaceful slumbersIn the church-yard on the Grave of Col. Edward E. Cross. MISCELLANEOUS. 217 PRESENTS AXD RELICS. An elegant gold watch and a splendid and costly swordhad been obtained by the Fifth Regiment as a present fortheir colonel. The sword is now in possession of the Crossfamily, The heavy English lever, double case, gold hunterwatch, presented by the regiment to Colonel Cross, has beenfor several years in possession of Colonel Henrj- O. Kent, ofLancaster, and bears the following inscription:— Presented to Colonel Edward E. Cross, 5th N. H. Vols., by theofficers and men of his Regt., as a token of their affection and admira-tion of his character as an officer after eighteen months ser^-ice underhis command. May i, 1863. The Rappahannock, Fair Oaks, Yorktown, Savages Station,Peach Orchard, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Charles City,Fredericksburg, Antietam. From Colonel Cross Family, to his Friend
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