To His Final Reward
On Thursday, May 30th Mr. Rufus Britt, of Bentonville township departed this life. He had a stroke of paralysis three or four years ago from which he never recovered but the illness which took him away lasted only about a week. His remains were placed in the family cemetery last Friday.
He was about seventy years old and had reared a large family. He was a leading man in his community and his place will be hard to fill. He was a gallant soldier and never shirked from duty. Mr. W. N. Rose tells us that at the battle of Five Forks just before the close of the war, Mr. Britt had his gun shot out of his hand which entitled him to fall back with the other wounded soldiers, but he refused to do so and went forward with he other soldiers without his gun which he had been forced to drop. Ever after this he referred to the as his "haversack charge", Mr. Britt was well known and his acquaintances will regret to hear of his death.
Smithfield Herald June 7, 1907
On Thursday, May 30th Mr. Rufus Britt, of Bentonville township departed this life. He had a stroke of paralysis three or four years ago from which he never recovered but the illness which took him away lasted only about a week. His remains were placed in the family cemetery last Friday.
He was about seventy years old and had reared a large family. He was a leading man in his community and his place will be hard to fill. He was a gallant soldier and never shirked from duty. Mr. W. N. Rose tells us that at the battle of Five Forks just before the close of the war, Mr. Britt had his gun shot out of his hand which entitled him to fall back with the other wounded soldiers, but he refused to do so and went forward with he other soldiers without his gun which he had been forced to drop. Ever after this he referred to the as his "haversack charge", Mr. Britt was well known and his acquaintances will regret to hear of his death.
Smithfield Herald June 7, 1907
To His Final Reward
On Thursday, May 30th Mr. Rufus Britt, of Bentonville township departed this life. He had a stroke of paralysis three or four years ago from which he never recovered but the illness which took him away lasted only about a week. His remains were placed in the family cemetery last Friday.
He was about seventy years old and had reared a large family. He was a leading man in his community and his place will be hard to fill. He was a gallant soldier and never shirked from duty. Mr. W. N. Rose tells us that at the battle of Five Forks just before the close of the war, Mr. Britt had his gun shot out of his hand which entitled him to fall back with the other wounded soldiers, but he refused to do so and went forward with he other soldiers without his gun which he had been forced to drop. Ever after this he referred to the as his "haversack charge", Mr. Britt was well known and his acquaintances will regret to hear of his death.
Smithfield Herald June 7, 1907
On Thursday, May 30th Mr. Rufus Britt, of Bentonville township departed this life. He had a stroke of paralysis three or four years ago from which he never recovered but the illness which took him away lasted only about a week. His remains were placed in the family cemetery last Friday.
He was about seventy years old and had reared a large family. He was a leading man in his community and his place will be hard to fill. He was a gallant soldier and never shirked from duty. Mr. W. N. Rose tells us that at the battle of Five Forks just before the close of the war, Mr. Britt had his gun shot out of his hand which entitled him to fall back with the other wounded soldiers, but he refused to do so and went forward with he other soldiers without his gun which he had been forced to drop. Ever after this he referred to the as his "haversack charge", Mr. Britt was well known and his acquaintances will regret to hear of his death.
Smithfield Herald June 7, 1907
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