St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Hayes, Lewis August 16, 1862
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The Opelousas Courier (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, October 11, 1862, Image 1

One by one our friends leave us, - they fall as the leaves of autumn. The place 
that knew them once so well, will know them now no more forever.

It becomes our duty, from many considerations, to pay the last humble tribute 
of respect, due to LEWIS HAYES, of St. Landry, who, in the bloom of life, was 
snatched away by the cold hand of death, and laid beneath the silent clay. He 
died at Vicksburg, Miss., on the 16th of August 1862, of typhoid fever, aged 20 
years. Being aroused by the repeated calls of his bleeding country, this young 
man resolved at once to shed his life's best blood, if needs be, in the cause 
of liberty. He accordingly took leave of his loved mother, and all held near 
and dear to him, and turned away to be a soldier; to linger only where the 
standard of his country waved. But ere he was aware of it, disease was upon him 
which, in a few short days, ended his earthly pilgrimage. He was a good boy; we 
regret his loss: but it seemed that God had made it the proper time to renew 
his heart and take him home to heaven.

A fews days previous to his death, he felt his pardon sure, and expressed a 
perfect willingness to die; all he regretted was leaving behind his fond 
mother. Sais he "I have found out that this world is all nothing;" thus 
realizing that there is nothing true but heaven. Such a victory is worth all 
the victories ever achieved on the field of battle.

Farewell, young soldier, thou hast fought thy last battle, and hast won a crown 
that shall shine as the brightness of heaven, and that shall be as lasting as 
eternity itself. May the bereaved ones bow in submission to the will of 
Almighty God, and remember that if faithful, they shall ere long join those who 
have gone before and all be happy in the "better land."

S. 

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