Birth Date: 1841
Date of Death: August 12, 1861 (Died of Wounds) in Richmond, Virginia
Enlistment Date: May 10, 1861 at Brooklyn, New York to serve 3 years (aged 20 years).
Mustered In: May 23, 1861 as Private
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Wounded/Sick: Wounded and Captured In Action - at the Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1863 at Manassas, Virginia
Taken Prisoner: SEE ABOVE
Death Of A Soldier Of The 14th
Edward Ennis, of Co.G., 14th Regiment, who was wounded at the Battle of Bull
Run, died of his injuries, in one of the Richmond hospitals, on the 12th of August
last. The following letter was recently received by the father of the unfortunate,
brave soldier, from a young South Carolinian, who attended upon him in his illness.
It speaks for itself:
Richmond, Aug. 26, 1861.
Dear Sir:
It is my sad duty to inform you of Your son's death. I am a volunteer
young student here at the Hospital, and on or about the 27th of July your
son was brought to this hospital with 50 others, one night - very tired.
We did all we could for them that night, and made them comfortable next
day. After a day or two, my attention was attracted to him by his quite,
uncomplaining good nature, and I was very sorry when the doctor said he
would have to cut off his foot. It was cut off on the 2nd of August. For a
while everything went on well, but bleeding took place, which weakened him
very much. He was very patient, and bore his troubles very well. He was
very thankful for all the little attentions I found time to bestow on him, and
made me promise him one day that I would write to you and tell you my name,
for, he said, he wished you to know it. I am a Protestant - that is, I am an
Episcopalian - but I sent for a Roman Catholic priest, who used to visit him
afterwards, and finally anointed him. He died on the 12th of August: in the
afternoon. It is a sad thing to write to a father of the death of a son; but it
is consoling to think he was a Christian, and it is pleasant to hear the men of
his company say he fought bravely. If you should have anything more you would
like to ask, my address is ------------------
Yours very respectfully
R. L. Johnson
Edibts Island. S.C.
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