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A tribute of loving respect to the memory of Comrade Samuel Glyde Swain of Company E, Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment, Veteran Volunteer Infantry : died at Winona, Minnesota, April 6, 1904.
36 IN MEMORIAM
a long business meeting of our regimental association. The most of the boys had gone out for lunch and sight-seeing, and but few of us were left in the room, among them Colonel Bryant. He was not in good health and he seemed weary and faint. Soon my wife called my attention to Comrade Swain and the Colonel. Glyde had gone out and brought in a nice lunch, and the Colonel seemed to be enjoying it very much.
"How kind that is in Comrade Swain!" said Mrs. True 11. But it is only what one might expect of Glyde. I remember his encouraging and cheerful voice on some of our tedious, tired marches when we longed for the privilege of lying down to sleep by the roadside. His example of cheerfulness was always an encouragement to us.
W. H. Hunter, who has now gone to rest, was Clyde's captain in the 6th ]\Iississippi —colored troops—when  he served  as lieu-
Title A tribute of loving respect to the memory of Comrade Samuel Glyde Swain of Company E, Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment, Veteran Volunteer Infantry : died at Winona, Minnesota, April 6, 1904.
Source Title A tribute of loving respect to the memory of Comrade Samuel Glyde Swain of Company E, Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment, Veteran Volunteer Infantry : died at Winona, Minnesota, April 6, 1904.
Regiment 12th Infantry
People Swain, Samuel Glyde
Description Samuel Glyde Swain (1835-1904) enlisted as a private of Company E of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers Infantry. In 1864 he was appointed a lieutenant in the 58th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops. This 80-page eulogy contains a short biographical abstract, a description of the funeral service, tributes of respect from members of the Company E Association, his family and friends, and a tribute from the 12th Regiment Association. The amount of narrative recollection is modest. This is one of only three known copies.
Subcollection Personal Narratives
Source Type personal narrative
Place of Publication Milton, Wis.
Source Creation Date 1904
Source Publisher Company E Association
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Digital Identifier CWPN029010000
Full text 36 IN MEMORIAM a long business meeting of our regimental association. The most of the boys had gone out for lunch and sight-seeing, and but few of us were left in the room, among them Colonel Bryant. He was not in good health and he seemed weary and faint. Soon my wife called my attention to Comrade Swain and the Colonel. Glyde had gone out and brought in a nice lunch, and the Colonel seemed to be enjoying it very much. "How kind that is in Comrade Swain!" said Mrs. True 11. But it is only what one might expect of Glyde. I remember his encouraging and cheerful voice on some of our tedious, tired marches when we longed for the privilege of lying down to sleep by the roadside. His example of cheerfulness was always an encouragement to us. W. H. Hunter, who has now gone to rest, was Clyde's captain in the 6th ]\Iississippi —colored troops—when he served as lieu- S,
A tribute of loving respect to the memory of Comrade...
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- Frontispiece
Sketch of Life and Service
Comrade Swain's Enlistment
The Funeral Services
A Favorite Hymn
Tributes of Respect From Members of the Company E Association