Regarding the death of John Wharton. Transcription: Forsyth Monroe County Ga October 16th 1867 Mrs. Wharton Dear Madame I freely Respond to you Request in Regard to your Dear Sons Journal or the Diary with the Gather[?] Small things that was his also the ball that was the Cause of his Death which was taken out of him Six hours After he was Shot as Mr Truman told me he Lived I think a bout twelve houres I also send you a perty Little peace of poet[poetry?] he give mee and my family the morning he bid us fair well he sai[d] for our kind treatment to him and to Remeber him he then had got w
Regarding the death of John Wharton. Transcription: Forsyth Monroe County Ga October 16th 1867 Mrs. Wharton Dear Madame I freely Respond to you Request in Regard to your Dear Sons Journal or the Diary with the Gather[?] Small things that was his also the ball that was the Cause of his Death which was taken out of him Six hours After he was Shot as Mr Truman told me he Lived I think a bout twelve houres I also send you a perty Little peace of poet[poetry?] he give mee and my family the morning he bid us fair well he sai[d] for our kind treatment to him and to Remeber him he then had got well or near and had Faten up Looked well he then was going on to Rejoine his Command againe which was then five hundred miles from mee he got to them safe After he Left my house he wrote mee meny interesting Letter the Army there was marched back to our state in a fight at Atlanta Ga he fell 21st of July 1864 and his immortal Spirit is gone hom to Glory whare I hope mine and yours will goe to meet with his then my sister weep for our Loss is his greate and Eternal gaine I have not a doubt but what he is in that blessed Reast Mrs Wharton Mr W Truman who I Consider a gentlman and a nice young man indeed told mee that Jhonny[Johnny] told him he was Riconciled to his Death and told him to write mee that he Should meet me in Heaven and his Last words was in Regard to me & famley Died compoed[composed] and well in his Sense he Said he buried him in a Deasant[decent] maner as Curcumstances would Admit of he was killed a bout 85 miles from whar I Live [2] W L Truman was his mess mat[e] and Fellow Soildier to geather from your State and Likely from your Citty I never Saw Mr Truman tell After your Sons Death he then was taken Sick got a Furlough & Came to my house a 100 miles hearing of me spoken off he stayed four weeakes got well and went & Rejoin his Command then Southen Army was Disbanded he Came to my house again Recuited up againe when he Left my house he said that h
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