The Martyrs Of Jackson
In Common with many others, our own community has been made to feel the discomforting ills of this cruel war, in the loss of some of our most promising youth. They fell on the battle field of Shiloh, nobly and valiantly contending for the rights of freeman, and the maintainance of their countrys institutions. In our endeavour to relieve the sufferings of the sick and wounded in our midst, we are apt to forget those brave martyrs who sacrificed their young lives on the altar of Southern Independence. They have gone from among us, some of them in the pride of youth, when life was in its spring, full of hope and virture resolutions. Let us revive their memories; and in after years let the names of JOSEPH FREEMAN, ISAAC JACKSON, JOHN CAMPBELL, THOMAS McCORRY, JAMES HADDAWAY, and AUGUSTUS EPPINGER, be mentioned to our children to inspire them with true courage and patriotism.
Darron