DEKALB COUNTY, GA - OBITS   James T. Burns

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JAMES T. BURNS


Source: "The Atlanta Constitution," 24 Oct 1876, page 1,
column 5; newspaper collection online at
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[Please do not contact me concerning this individual or
surname.  This is not my line and I have no additional
information.] Submitted by Barbara Smallwood Stock.


IN MEMORIAM At an informal meeting of the members of
Battery "E," 9th Georgia" Battalion of Artillery of the
late Confederate States army, now living in the city of
Atlanta, Georgia, we, the committee appointed to draft a
suitable statement commemorative of the acknowledged
virtue of our late comrade James T. Burns, who died at
his home in DeKalb county, Georgia, on the 19th day of
October, 1876, submit the following:


We deeply deplore the fact that an All-wise Providence
has seen fit to remove from our midst our late companion
in arms, James T. Burns, while in the very prime of life.


That while we regret to give the society and
companionship of one so noble, generous and brave, we
hope and believe that his spirit has taken its flight to
that bright land where the "wicked cease from troubling
and the weary are at rest."


Burns was a noble soldier and a brave and good man.  He
held the responsible and dangerous position of "Gunner"
in his Battery, and was always equal to the trust reposed
in him.  No one ever spoke of him but in terms of praise
for his many virtues.  Burns never gave cause for an
unkind thought or deed, and it gives us, his comrades,
pleasure to testify to his high character and true
nobility.


We recommend that this statement be published in The
Atlanta Constitution, and that a copy of the paper
containing it be sent to the family of our deceased
companion.
B. F. Wyly,
W. J. Tanner,
John T. Cooper,
W. S. Everett,
A. M. Perkerson