Friday, October 19, 2012

1862 October 20 near Danville, Ky.

[from the diary of Captain William F. Hunter, Co. B., 97th Ohio]


  Oct 20th, ’62.
Clear this morn-
ing. All manner
of rumors in re-
gard to the move-
ments of our ar-
my near “Wild Cat”,          
but none of them
reliable. A sol-
dier died in camp
to-day of typhoid fe-
ver – he was of the
100th Ill. reg’t. He
was buried on
the west side of
the hill in the woods,

 a beach tree, upon
which was carved
his name, alone
marks his last rest-
ingplace. No moth-
er’s or sister’s tears
moistened the clods
that cover his mort-
al remains; he di-
ed far from home
& friends. The sol-
dier’s fate. Remain-
ed all night.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 10547-bm

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