CORPORAL HENRY R. NEAVILLE. 199 



the surveying trip and afterward; we had so much in 

 common that we could not keep apart if we had tried. 



In gathering information about my old-time friends I 

 was pleased to find that Hon. J. W. Seaton is still living 

 in Potosi. During the time of which I write he pub- 

 lished a weekly paper there, and was afterward a member 

 of the State Senate for several terms. He writes me as 

 follows: "BiH Patterson is living at Portland, Ore. All 

 your other friends are dead except Thomas Davies, who 

 went with you on the surveying trip. Henry and Frank 

 Neaville went out with Company C, Second Wisconsin 

 Infantry, afterward part of the famous 'Iron Brigade/ 

 Henry was made a corporal, and Frank was first ser- 

 geant. Frank was killed at Bull Run August 28, 1862, 

 and Henry was killed at Antietam nineteen days later." 



"The neighing troop, the flashing blade, 



The bugle's stirring blast, 

 The charge, the dreadful cannonade, 



The din and shout are past; 

 Nor war's wild note, nor glory's peal, 



Shall thrill with fierce delight 

 Those breasts that never more may feel 



The rapture of the fight." 



