Bury me in the sea; it has been my home, and I love it. But will not some one set up a stone for my memory at Fort Adams or at Orleans, that my disgrace may not be more than I ought to bear? Say on it: ‘In Memory of PHILIP NOLAN, Lieutenant in the Army of the United States. He loved his country as no other man has loved her; but no man deserved less at her hands.
Category: Edward Everett Hale
Edward Everett Hale (April 3, 1822 – June 10, 1909) was an American author, historian and Unitarian minister.