Son of Rossington Elms and Mary Ann Reeves.
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From The Madison Courier:
Rosington Elms, s/o R. (Rosington, Sr.) Elms, teacher, (mother, Mary Ann) killed on battlefield. Was a compositor in the Courier office. W. P. Graham relates in letter: After I had found my regiment on the day of the fight, I learned that they had not been engaged in the battle yet, being held as a reserve. A few moments after coming up to the company, I was seated on a log, talking to the Captain, Ed. Weyer, Tom Hendricks and some one else, when Ros Elms came up to ask a pipeful of tobacco. He sat down alongside of Ed. Weyer, and had not yet lit his pipe, when a cannon ball struck him on the head, killing him instantly. His brains were scattered over the Captain and one or two of the party. It was a very narrow escape for us all. We buried Ros on the battlefield, which was the best we could do under the circumstances. This was the only loss our regiment sustained in the engagement.
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Co. C - 67th Regiment; Indiana Infantry.
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Mother was widowed and filed for a Pension on her son's service.
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The Madison Courier
23 Jan 1863
LETTER FROM CAPT. CRANE ON THE DEATH OF YOUNG ELMS.
Mouth of Yazoo River
S.B.J.S. Pringle, Jan. 2, 1863
Mrs. Jas. Siddall:
Dear Sirs:--It is my painful duty to inform you that Rozie Elms is dead. He was killed on Sunday afternoon at 4½ o'clock. Will you please break the sad news to his poor mother? I could not.
We were not engaged in the fight, but were drawn up in line on the right, (the fighting was on the left.) had stacked arms, and the boys were sitting on the ground. Rozie was sitting by my side, when a ball fired from a battery about two miles from us struck him in the head, killing him instantly. I feel very sorry for his poor mother.
Rozie performed his duties as a soldier, as a soldier should. He was a general favorite; the boys all loved him, and his death affected them very much. He never complained. But he is gone, we hope to a better land. We were obliged to buy him that night. Had arranged to removed his remains to the river bank, but the arrangements were frustrated by our having to evacuate the place and return tot he boats last night. Jimmie McClelland seems lost without his old friend.
With best respects to yourself and family, I remain, truly, your ob't servant,
S.H. Crane.
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From The Madison Courier:
Rosington Elms, s/o R. (Rosington, Sr.) Elms, teacher, (mother, Mary Ann) killed on battlefield. Was a compositor in the Courier office. W. P. Graham relates in letter: After I had found my regiment on the day of the fight, I learned that they had not been engaged in the battle yet, being held as a reserve. A few moments after coming up to the company, I was seated on a log, talking to the Captain, Ed. Weyer, Tom Hendricks and some one else, when Ros Elms came up to ask a pipeful of tobacco. He sat down alongside of Ed. Weyer, and had not yet lit his pipe, when a cannon ball struck him on the head, killing him instantly. His brains were scattered over the Captain and one or two of the party. It was a very narrow escape for us all. We buried Ros on the battlefield, which was the best we could do under the circumstances. This was the only loss our regiment sustained in the engagement.
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Co. C - 67th Regiment; Indiana Infantry.
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Mother was widowed and filed for a Pension on her son's service.
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The Madison Courier
23 Jan 1863
LETTER FROM CAPT. CRANE ON THE DEATH OF YOUNG ELMS.
Mouth of Yazoo River
S.B.J.S. Pringle, Jan. 2, 1863
Mrs. Jas. Siddall:
Dear Sirs:--It is my painful duty to inform you that Rozie Elms is dead. He was killed on Sunday afternoon at 4½ o'clock. Will you please break the sad news to his poor mother? I could not.
We were not engaged in the fight, but were drawn up in line on the right, (the fighting was on the left.) had stacked arms, and the boys were sitting on the ground. Rozie was sitting by my side, when a ball fired from a battery about two miles from us struck him in the head, killing him instantly. I feel very sorry for his poor mother.
Rozie performed his duties as a soldier, as a soldier should. He was a general favorite; the boys all loved him, and his death affected them very much. He never complained. But he is gone, we hope to a better land. We were obliged to buy him that night. Had arranged to removed his remains to the river bank, but the arrangements were frustrated by our having to evacuate the place and return tot he boats last night. Jimmie McClelland seems lost without his old friend.
With best respects to yourself and family, I remain, truly, your ob't servant,
S.H. Crane.
Son of Rossington Elms and Mary Ann Reeves.
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From The Madison Courier:
Rosington Elms, s/o R. (Rosington, Sr.) Elms, teacher, (mother, Mary Ann) killed on battlefield. Was a compositor in the Courier office. W. P. Graham relates in letter: After I had found my regiment on the day of the fight, I learned that they had not been engaged in the battle yet, being held as a reserve. A few moments after coming up to the company, I was seated on a log, talking to the Captain, Ed. Weyer, Tom Hendricks and some one else, when Ros Elms came up to ask a pipeful of tobacco. He sat down alongside of Ed. Weyer, and had not yet lit his pipe, when a cannon ball struck him on the head, killing him instantly. His brains were scattered over the Captain and one or two of the party. It was a very narrow escape for us all. We buried Ros on the battlefield, which was the best we could do under the circumstances. This was the only loss our regiment sustained in the engagement.
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Co. C - 67th Regiment; Indiana Infantry.
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Mother was widowed and filed for a Pension on her son's service.
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The Madison Courier
23 Jan 1863
LETTER FROM CAPT. CRANE ON THE DEATH OF YOUNG ELMS.
Mouth of Yazoo River
S.B.J.S. Pringle, Jan. 2, 1863
Mrs. Jas. Siddall:
Dear Sirs:--It is my painful duty to inform you that Rozie Elms is dead. He was killed on Sunday afternoon at 4½ o'clock. Will you please break the sad news to his poor mother? I could not.
We were not engaged in the fight, but were drawn up in line on the right, (the fighting was on the left.) had stacked arms, and the boys were sitting on the ground. Rozie was sitting by my side, when a ball fired from a battery about two miles from us struck him in the head, killing him instantly. I feel very sorry for his poor mother.
Rozie performed his duties as a soldier, as a soldier should. He was a general favorite; the boys all loved him, and his death affected them very much. He never complained. But he is gone, we hope to a better land. We were obliged to buy him that night. Had arranged to removed his remains to the river bank, but the arrangements were frustrated by our having to evacuate the place and return tot he boats last night. Jimmie McClelland seems lost without his old friend.
With best respects to yourself and family, I remain, truly, your ob't servant,
S.H. Crane.
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From The Madison Courier:
Rosington Elms, s/o R. (Rosington, Sr.) Elms, teacher, (mother, Mary Ann) killed on battlefield. Was a compositor in the Courier office. W. P. Graham relates in letter: After I had found my regiment on the day of the fight, I learned that they had not been engaged in the battle yet, being held as a reserve. A few moments after coming up to the company, I was seated on a log, talking to the Captain, Ed. Weyer, Tom Hendricks and some one else, when Ros Elms came up to ask a pipeful of tobacco. He sat down alongside of Ed. Weyer, and had not yet lit his pipe, when a cannon ball struck him on the head, killing him instantly. His brains were scattered over the Captain and one or two of the party. It was a very narrow escape for us all. We buried Ros on the battlefield, which was the best we could do under the circumstances. This was the only loss our regiment sustained in the engagement.
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Co. C - 67th Regiment; Indiana Infantry.
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Mother was widowed and filed for a Pension on her son's service.
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The Madison Courier
23 Jan 1863
LETTER FROM CAPT. CRANE ON THE DEATH OF YOUNG ELMS.
Mouth of Yazoo River
S.B.J.S. Pringle, Jan. 2, 1863
Mrs. Jas. Siddall:
Dear Sirs:--It is my painful duty to inform you that Rozie Elms is dead. He was killed on Sunday afternoon at 4½ o'clock. Will you please break the sad news to his poor mother? I could not.
We were not engaged in the fight, but were drawn up in line on the right, (the fighting was on the left.) had stacked arms, and the boys were sitting on the ground. Rozie was sitting by my side, when a ball fired from a battery about two miles from us struck him in the head, killing him instantly. I feel very sorry for his poor mother.
Rozie performed his duties as a soldier, as a soldier should. He was a general favorite; the boys all loved him, and his death affected them very much. He never complained. But he is gone, we hope to a better land. We were obliged to buy him that night. Had arranged to removed his remains to the river bank, but the arrangements were frustrated by our having to evacuate the place and return tot he boats last night. Jimmie McClelland seems lost without his old friend.
With best respects to yourself and family, I remain, truly, your ob't servant,
S.H. Crane.
Inscription
ROSSINGTON R. T.
of the 67 Ind. Vol.
Son of
R. & M. A. ELMS.
Killed Dec. 28, 1862
by a ball from a Rebel
Battery at Vicksbury
AGED
19 yrs. 4 Mo. 4 Ds.
A martyr to the Union cause
RESURGET (note - to rise again)
J. Jager - stone mason
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