Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

454 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
ament, and will i~t a glance decide the best position for his command,
and will as quicl< execute Iris ~~~o\~eillents. 11 nmn of qtricl; percelltions
is as i~ekessara~ upon the b:rttle Held as a 111a11 of couraie, l~l.'ovitling
he does not lose scl f--contllaol by too g~e;~t nil escit;\lrility. Ile
is a man of wulbiir lleart, i~nd \\.ill entlear 111s comljnny to llilll. We
preclict a brilliant career lor. (2apt;~in Stuart. l'lle res1,onsibility of
a coillinancler is peat ; tlle wives, families, f~iencls ;mtI people of ~ttnvlc
county hare com~uittetl to Capt.;~in Stuart the gmrest responsil)ili ty ,
the lives, the honor of their 1lnsb;~ntls. fatllers, brotllers ;~ncl sons,
arlcl the good fame of the countly itself, and we sllnll lloltl 11im to a
faitl~ful account of his Stua~t (~te\\-ai*tl) sl lip.
" Fi~st 1,ieuteil~~nt Stepl~cn M. Ilill is not unlike St~lart in his innke
ant1 ' git up.' IIe leaves at lloille a fi~ll~ily - a \rife, aircl we believe
eight cl~iltl~eil. IIe is lligllly esteemed at lloille, i~ntl \re 11;~ve no donl~t
he will fill his post wjtli llonor ;~ntl credit to hialself, his coinpan\.
and county. Ire is :L n:tti\~e of tlle State of New Yo~k as we ak
in f orinetl. Secontl Lieutenant Alesandel* 31~1rcllison, J la., is a young,
uni~~anaied mail ; by birth a Scotclnllarl, but in Anleiaics one of tlie
~vaxmest friends of the consti totlon, the n~l ion, :~rltl the free institutions
of our country. First O~adel*ly Sergeimt Jol~n S. P:~sllley, eviclently
pot up for the very l)i~rj)ose of being :;Ln orderly se~ge;mt of
just such ;I coulpanp as the El~nira Itifies. EIe is a young inlan,
inarrietl llo~vevei~. of' the highest order of' ~li~t~l'ill (rl~i~lificat~io~l,'; fora an
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official position in tl~c arnly. Ile will come out kisetl ill ran]