A Good Man Gone. On last Saturday night, Mr. R.A. Godsey, one of our oldest and best citizens departed this life and his spirit went to dwell with the redeemed on heaven’s peaceful shore. He had suffered for several months with indigestion and bore his afflictions patiently. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church and was prominent in its counsels. He was the father of a large family of boys who are now good and noble citizens with families of their own, and a large host of other relatives with whom the Era force mourns his departure from the state of earthly existence, and with whom we rejoice in the assurance that he wears a faithful servants crown in the paradise above. He was about 71 years old and will be greatly missed by our people. He was buried at Friendship near Ashridge, Monday.

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Service records compiled by Glenda Todd and used with her permission. This and other information about the history of the First and the men who fought with the unit can be found in her book, First Alabama Cavalry, USA: Homage to Patriotism.

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