Gates County NcArchives Obituaries.....Powell, Jacob J.  May 27, 1862
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The Standard of  Raleigh, Sept. 9, 1863
The Standard of  Raleigh, Sept. 9, 1863
It is a poor tribute to the memory to record the death of the good, the noble, 
the brave. But it is the last memento inscribed to the soldier that affords a 
solace to kindred and friends, that sounds a requiem, the roll call of 
comrades in arms and seals his name in the ashes of his country. Such has 
elicited the dedication of this tribute to the memory of JACOB J. POWELL, who 
fell a victim to death, amid the fierceness of the clash of arms, at Cold 
Harbor, Va., a North Carolinian -- a volunteer at the commencement of the 
American Revolution in 1861. Energetic, chivalrous, discreet, courageous, 
virtuous, intellectual, noble and brave ... He acquitted himself to the 
pleasure of his commandants, to the honor of his own position and his 
country's cause.
                                        A FRIEND

Additional Comments:
Note: According to American Civil War Soldiers, Jacob Powell of Gates, North 
Carolina served with Company H., 5th Infantry Regiment, North Carolina 
(Confederate) Troops. He was killed at Gaines Mill, Va., on June 27, 1862. The 
print version gives his death place as Cold Harbor, Va.  C.S.

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