The Elk Advocate

CAPT. R. FENT WARD.

It is no less a pleasure than a duty to us to give a place in our columns, in honor of the man whose name heads this article. Most of our patrons will remember that Capt. R. Fent Ward was at the opening of the war, connected with this office. When fierce rebellion reared its crest and threatened to strike down all that was dear to the hearts of American patriots, he was one of the many thousands of our gallant youth who rallied to the standard of their country. How he has conducted himself upon the tented field is sufficiently told, when we say that he has been wounded five times, the last time so severely as to be rendered unfit for service. He went into the ranks a private, and rose through the various grades until he became Captain, since then he was offered the Colonelcy of a regiment, but with that modesty that always accompanies true worth, he declined. He now holds a commission as Major, but the severity of his wounds will no doubt compel him to be mustered out, notwithstanding his anxiety to remain in active service. In him is found the type of the true soldier. In saying thus much of him, we feel that we are but doing honor to whom honor is due.