A brave Jerseyman

The following story is copied word for word from the Ocean County Emblem
– Tom’s River, NJ April 2, 1862 – ed

“A brave Jerseyman”

We clip the following from the Burnside correspondence of the N.Y. Tribune.

 
The most remarkable case in hospital is a man named John Lorence of Gloucester County, N.J., a corporal of Company K, 9th New Jersey, who had both legs carried away by a canister shot in the battle of the 8th ult. One leg was amputated by Dr. Thompson, Surgeon of the First Brigade, and the other by Dr. Rivers of the 4th Rhode Island. The brave fellow had hardly recovered from the effects of the chloroform administered when the wild cheers of the army told the story of success. He raised himself upon his arm, and with an enthusiasm which chilled the bystanders, waved his cap in the air and gave three hearty cheers for the Union. Since the battle, he has lain on his bed and borne his sufferings with unmurmuring patience, expressing to all visitors his desire to be well again, so that he may go on his stumps and have another chance at the enemy. Gen. Burnside and all his Brigadiers have been to see him and all speak in eulogium of his pluck. Men like him who reap a small harvest of glory, are your true heroes, rather than Generals and Colonels who are caressed if they win battles and publicly mourned if they fall.