Captain Eleazar Melvin

Old Hill Burying Ground,
Concord, Massachusetts

His Martial Genius, early engaged
him and his Country's cause, under the
command of the Valiant Cap. Love,
in that hazardous enterprise where
in our Hero, his commander, yeoman
brave & valiant men, bleed & die.

He was a bold & intrepid Officer, a
Chearful Christian, beloved while living
and in death greatly lamented.