History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

BRANCH OF HIS SON PETER. 3 1
out, was for some time at Lee Camp, Richmond, with other cadets,
drilling new companies in military tactics as they were mustered in.
In the spring of 1862, when not quite eighteen years of age, he joined
Co. C, 55th Reg't Va. Vols, and was in the first of the engagements
of the seven days' battles around Richmond. Received a slight
wound through the arm on the second or third day. The wound was
not considered dangerous, but in a week typhoid fever set in, he was
dangerously ill for some days, grew worse, his brain became affected,
the doctor said from the concussion of shot and shell in the battles
he had passed through. In spite of the tenderest care his young life
went out. He was at the home of Mr. Austin Turner, where he
received every attention. His brother, Dr. L. B. Montague, never
left his side, every effort was made to save him that kindness and
care could suggest, but in vain. He had some hours free from
delirium, and during that time professed sorrow for sin, and trust in
the merits of a crucified Redeemer. Dr. Lansing Burroughs of the
Baptist church prayed with and for him, also his brother Hon. Robert
L. Montague, who with all an elder brother's anguish watched over
and prayed for him. His last words to his sister, as she bent over
and kissed the dear lips soon to be cold in death, were, " don't be
afraid, I am sure to meet you there, yes, sure to meet you there.'''' He
was buried in the Shackoe Hill burying ground at Richmond,
July, 1862.
"Where the faded flower shall freshen,
Freshen never more to fade ;
Where the shaded sky shall brighten,
Brighten never more to shade :
Where the sun blaze never scorches ;
Where the star beams cease to chill
Where no tempest stirs the echoes
Of the wood, or wave, or hill :
Where the morn shall wake in gladness,
And the moon the joy prolong,
Where the daylight dies in fragrance,
'Mid the burst of holy song :
Brother, we shall meet and rest
"
'Mid the holy and the blest !
IIl8.
Augustus Ferdinand Montague, son of Rev. Abraham [332],
b. 1807.