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and yet there is the roar of conflict on the distant field. Anon it ceases, and he forgets his sufferings to wonder if the struggle is over, and whose the triumph is. Soon there is a messenger, and he again rouses himself, while anxious voices are inquiring what cheer. He hears a magic word: it is victory ! There is a momentary lighting of the eye, a gleam of satisfaction irradiates the almost rigid features, and there is a whispered sound that escapes his lips, "victory!" Though dying, the word was sweet, and the failing heart was thankful for it. In another hour or two the spirit had passed into the paradise of God. He died trusting in Him who pities the sufferings and forgives the sins of men.

His remains were conveyed to the house of Colonel AV. H. Dabney, in Atlanta, where they lay until the 23d, when funeral services were performed in the Episcopal Church, and he was then buried in the Atlanta Cemetery, with military honors.

The following account of proceedings had by his officers shortly afterward, and recorded upon the books of the command, speaks in fitting terms of the love and admiration in which he was held by those who knew him best:

Bivouac before Chattanooga, Texn., October 5, 1803.

At a meeting of the officers of Lewis' brigade, Colonel Cofer, Sixth Regiment,'was called to the chair, and, on motion, the following committee was appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting with regard to General Helm: "Lieutenant-Colonel James AY. Moss, Second Regiment;

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas AAr. Thompson, Fourth Regiment;

Lieutenant-Colonel AVilliam L. Clarke, Sixth Regiment;

Lieutenant-Colonel John C. AA^ickliffe, Ninth Regiment;

Major J. G. Nash, Forty-first Alabama Regiment;

Lieutenant Frank P. Gracey, Light Artillery.

The committee reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted :

AViiereas, By the casualties of war we have been called upon to mourn the loss of our beloved leader, who fell in the prime of