BENJAMIN ADAMS, Newark, Illinois.
Born in Kendall county, Illinois. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of twenty years. Killed in battle of Raymond May 12, 1863. Comrade Adams was shot at the very beginning of the battle, as we lay in the woods waiting for the skirmishers to rally in, and before we fired a gun. At the close of the battle he was still living. A comrade paused over him and said—
“Can I do anything for you?”
“No.”
“Ben, you are badly hurt. Won’t I stay with you?”
“They are running, are they not?”
“Yes, we have them on the run. Won’t I stay with you?”
“No; go on.”
He was taken by an ambulance to the field hospital and died in a few minutes after reaching that place.
HENRY MITCHELL, Na-au-say Township, Kendall County, Illinois.