Baldwin-Hancock County GaArchives Obituaries.....SMITH, Cosby Dawson April 7, 1865
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Southern Recorder-May 23, 1865-Pg 2
OBITUARY
'Tis a sad, yet a true fact, that through the dispensations of an overruling
Providence, we are forced to mourn the loss of another one of our country's
most gallant and faithful defenders, by the death of LIEUT. C. D. SMITH,
Company F, 9th Georgia Regiment, who, prompted by patriotic intentions and a
determination to use his effots in rescuing our beloved country from the
thraldom which seemed to overhang her, bid farewell to the ties which endeared
home to him. girded on his armor and entered our noble army at the commencement
of the struggle for Southern independence, actuated by no other motives but
thelove os country and fixed resolve to live the life of a freeman or die the
death of the brave.
Through the interposition of that Providence, he was permitted to survive the
hardships, privations, and dangers of the various campaigns thro' which the
Army of Northern Virginia had to pass (though not untouched, for he had to
suffer twice from severe wounds) until the 7th of April last, whilst on the
memorable retreat from Richmond, Anderson's Brigade was ordered to charge the
enemy, and whilst gallantly leading the charge, as was ever his custom, he
fell, pierced through the heart by a deadly missle. Unable to urge his comrades
on by words, he did so by waving his hand.
Thus fell one of the noblest spirits of which our country canboast, and one of
the most affectionate husbands that ever doted on a wife. He was truly blessed
with nature's rarest gifts in possissing those qualities requisite to render
him a dutiful son, a kind brother, a benevolent citizen, and an affectionate
husband and a brave soldier. Life had for him many charms, but he was cut down
in the prime and vigor of manhood with bright prospects before him. We will not
murmur, neither would we attempt to reverse thy inscrutable dispensations, for
how unsearchable are thy judgments, O Lord, and thy ways pass finding out;
thought thou seemest at times to rule with a heavy hand, yet we know that thy
ways are right and just. When we comtemplate upon his many noble traits of
character, we trust that having faithfully discharged his earthly duties, and
to prevent the humiliation of witnessing the surrender of our beloved chieftain
and his noble army, his spirit was wafted from this world of trouble and sorrow
to those blissful realms where the cannon's roar will no more greet his ears,
but where all is peace and harmony. He has left a young wife and an infant boy
without a father's watchful eye or guiding hand. A vacancy had been caused in
this little family which time cannot fill, but may the Father of the fatherless
be ever present with this infant child and enable his mother to be resigned to
this sad bereavement, recognizing in it the hand of the Almighty. May He
console, comfort and sustain them through thier pilgrimage on earth, and when
the stern messenger, death, shall summons them to their final resting place,
may they be prepared to meet him in those mansions of bliss where parting is
unknown. A. S.
Additional Comments:
C. D. SMITH was the son of William Crawsby SMITH and Martha Ann Davis BURTON
SMITH.
He was the husband of Martha DOLES.
His son was Crosby Dawson SMITH who died in 1898.
Crosby's widow wife married Henry GOODMAN in 1871. She died in 1901.
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