December 23. Tuesday. — Soft weather. Reading Buckle’s second volume. What a deep impression his mode of collecting authorities and heaping up facts produces! It shakes one’s faith in the old orthodox notions to read his chapters on Scotch superstitions.
THE DEAD OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN AND ANTIETAM.
Sergeant-Major Eugene L. Reynolds, of Bellefontaine. A bright, handsome, ambitious, soldierly youngster; brave as a lion; so game in appearance and conduct; cheerful, happy, and full of promise! Killed at the close of the day on the mountain top. Taken prisoner, says Captain Williams of the Twelfth, and attempting to escape, shot in the bowels and afterwards bayonetted through the forearm.
Corporal Bull, Company A. A fine-looking, amiable boy, always smiling. Killed at Antietam.
Wilson B. Harper, Franklin County. A Mark Tapley for jollity, large, healthy, industrious, and so anxious to please, he always agreed with you. Wounded badly in thigh at South Mountain and died after amputation a few days after. Cheerful to the last. [List not completed.]
