The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . connected with the fall in battle of two others, Lincoln and Grout,martyrs of different wars. All three were Worcester-born. Each wasin the thick of the fight when the fatal bullet struck, and the untimelyfate which overtook them has called forth the most sincere expressionof private regret and public eulogy. The personal bravery and soldierlyqualities of all three are unquestioned. Captain George Lincoln, killed in the battle of Buena Vista, was a sonof ex-Governor Levi Lincoln, and was thirty-one years of age at the timeo
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . connected with the fall in battle of two others, Lincoln and Grout,martyrs of different wars. All three were Worcester-born. Each wasin the thick of the fight when the fatal bullet struck, and the untimelyfate which overtook them has called forth the most sincere expressionof private regret and public eulogy. The personal bravery and soldierlyqualities of all three are unquestioned. Captain George Lincoln, killed in the battle of Buena Vista, was a sonof ex-Governor Levi Lincoln, and was thirty-one years of age at the timeof his death. He was struck by a shot in the back of the head whenfacing a regiment, riding in front, and encouraging them on at a criticalmoment when they were faltering under a severe fire. His situationwas a most exposed one, a situation which it would have been merefoolhardiness to take except under the circumstances of this battle,where our troops were chiefly volunteers, and all depended on theofficers. Lincoln was acting as adjutant-general, and had no command. CHARLES DEVENS. The Worcester of 1898.
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