OBIT: Edwin E. ROBERTS, 1863, Cambria Twp., Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ The Alleghanian, Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, 29 Jan 1863 Volume 4, Number 18 Edwin E. Roberts Edwin E. Roberts of Co. F, 133d Penna. Vols., died on the 17th inst., at Acquia Creek, Va., while on his way to hospital at Washington. His diseases were typhoid fever and inflammation of the lungs. The deceased was born in Cambria township, this county, where he resided up to the period of his enlistment in the company last August. He was a most estimable young man and beloved by his friends and companions. While his pencil was busily drawing scenes of future felicity – while his soul fluttered on the gay pinions of hope – away from home and friends he held most dear, an Unseen Hand drew the curtain and shut him from our view. By the banks of the historic Rappahannock, beneath the grass that waves o'er many of his comrades now repose all that was mortal of Edwin E. Roberts. The sun, as it sinks to rest behind the ocean, sheds its departing beams on his grave – but they reanimate him not. The cold sod presses his bosom, his hands hang in weakness; the bustle and tread of great armies above and around him is stillness to his ear. He is gone ! – another patriot has fallen. He has fallen – but not in vain! The deceased was aged about twenty years. His relatives and friends have the sympathies of the community in their great bereavement.