Memorial of Marvin Wait 1st Lieutenant Eighth Regiment C V Killed At the Ba
Memorial of Marvin Wait 1st Lieutenant Eighth Regiment C V Killed At the Ba
Jacob From Old Catalog Eaton
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It was under this fire that Lieutenant Wait was pierced by a minnieball, (while laying Mr wounded behind a low wall, ) which passed through his lun"-s from side to side. 12 tlian Mara^n Wait never confronted a foe; a more generous heart never beat : a more unselfish patriot never fell. Connecticut may well cherish and honor the memory of such sons. The following Resolutions, expressing the high esteem in which Lieutenant Wait was held as an officer and com- panion, and tendering the highest reg...ard and deepest sym- pathy to the family of the deceased, were adopted, after appropriate remarks, l)y the officers of the Eighth Reg- iment, at Pleasant Valley, Md. , Oct. 10, 1862:-" Whereas, It liatb pleased the Ruler of the Universe to remove from our number Lieutenant Marvin Wait, an officer whose character for strict intejirity, honesty of purjiose, andclevotion to the cause in Avliich he was engaged, was only equaled by those warm social qualities which were ever the admiration of his many friends, and in token of our regard fur the memory of the deceased, we record these, our Resolutions : Besolvcd, That it is with feelings of deej) and unfeigned sorrow that we deplore the death of Lieutenant Marvix Wait, one of our most worthy officers, who, by the strictest care and closest diligence to his various duties, gave character and prominence to his position, and around whom continued glories gracefully clus- tered, nntil death terminated his brilliant career, on the ever memorable battle, field of Antiktam, Sept.
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