"I expect to die with a pen in my hand, with thanks to God on my lips for having the opportunity of having led a life where I was permitted to work ... on the glorious yesterdays adorned by the noble figures whom I have had the privilege of knowing"

Dr. Freeman - 1948

Funeral Music

"The Strife is O'er" and "Welcome Happy Morning"
The Third Movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Tears of joy,
tears of sorrow,
tears of angels falling upon the roses.

Major Chatham R. Wheat, CSA

Distinguished and wounded in Battle, 1st Manassas, July 21, 1861
Killed at the head of his troops, Battle of Gaines Mill, June 27, 1862

An honorable, brave man of valor