OBIT: Patrick MORRIS, 1863, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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KILLED IN BATTLE

  Our readers on casting their eyes over the list of killed and wounded 
in company M, 62d P. V., will observe with deep regret the name of 
Lieutenant P. Morris, who fell in the battle of Gettysburg, on 
Thursday, the 2d inst. Lieut. Morris was a citizen of Altoona, and 
served as a soldier in the Mexican war. On the breaking out of the 
rebellion he enlisted in the three months' service, and at the 
expiration of his term reenlisted for three years in company M, in 
which he held the position of sergeant, but was subsequently promoted 
to a Lieutenancy.
  He participated in all the battles of the Peninsula and Virginia, and 
was shot through the head whilst gallantly charging the enemy in the 
desperate battle of Gettysburg. He was a gallant and brave soldier, and 
kind hearted and generous to a fault. Although past the age when men 
most delight in the pomp and circumstance of war, his patriotism led 
him to unite with the army of the Union, and he nobly died whilst 
battling for the preservation of his country and the honor of its flag.  
Long may his memory live.

Democratic Standard, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, July 15, 1863

Hoenstine, Floyd G., Soldiers of Blair County -
Morris, Patrick, 2Lt. M, 62 Pa. Inf., 1819-1863, National Cemetery, 
Gettysburg