The Atchison (Kansas) Daily Champion, Thursday, 4 October 1866
The old companions of Lieut. Wm. H. Babcock, formerly of Co. K., 8th Kansas, will regret to hear of his death, from cholera, at Rosedale, Bolivar Co., Miss., after a sickness of only ten hours. This sad intelligence is communicated in a letter we publish elsewhere from one of the members of the Regiment. A brave soldier, a competent, energetic officer who did his duty always faithfully and well; a kind and genial companion and a warm hearted, earnest, generous gentleman has gone to his long rest. The bullets of a dozen battle fields had passed him harmless by; the privations and exposures of camp and march had failed to break down the vigorous constitution; he returned to the home and friends he had left at the call of his country only to be stricken down, while on a visit to the South, by cholera.
The old companions of Lieut. Wm. H. Babcock, formerly of Co. K., 8th Kansas, will regret to hear of his death, from cholera, at Rosedale, Bolivar Co., Miss., after a sickness of only ten hours. This sad intelligence is communicated in a letter we publish elsewhere from one of the members of the Regiment. A brave soldier, a competent, energetic officer who did his duty always faithfully and well; a kind and genial companion and a warm hearted, earnest, generous gentleman has gone to his long rest. The bullets of a dozen battle fields had passed him harmless by; the privations and exposures of camp and march had failed to break down the vigorous constitution; he returned to the home and friends he had left at the call of his country only to be stricken down, while on a visit to the South, by cholera.
The Atchison (Kansas) Daily Champion, Thursday, 4 October 1866
The old companions of Lieut. Wm. H. Babcock, formerly of Co. K., 8th Kansas, will regret to hear of his death, from cholera, at Rosedale, Bolivar Co., Miss., after a sickness of only ten hours. This sad intelligence is communicated in a letter we publish elsewhere from one of the members of the Regiment. A brave soldier, a competent, energetic officer who did his duty always faithfully and well; a kind and genial companion and a warm hearted, earnest, generous gentleman has gone to his long rest. The bullets of a dozen battle fields had passed him harmless by; the privations and exposures of camp and march had failed to break down the vigorous constitution; he returned to the home and friends he had left at the call of his country only to be stricken down, while on a visit to the South, by cholera.
The old companions of Lieut. Wm. H. Babcock, formerly of Co. K., 8th Kansas, will regret to hear of his death, from cholera, at Rosedale, Bolivar Co., Miss., after a sickness of only ten hours. This sad intelligence is communicated in a letter we publish elsewhere from one of the members of the Regiment. A brave soldier, a competent, energetic officer who did his duty always faithfully and well; a kind and genial companion and a warm hearted, earnest, generous gentleman has gone to his long rest. The bullets of a dozen battle fields had passed him harmless by; the privations and exposures of camp and march had failed to break down the vigorous constitution; he returned to the home and friends he had left at the call of his country only to be stricken down, while on a visit to the South, by cholera.
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