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and rendering the mind and heart indif** '• * ■- i ;i * •* %*•** ’ * 1 ^' lt;*! 0 “ferent, io a great degree, alike to danger' . *' »' , . i *) k. .\vif' * »• “and todeathjbut we. have been called tow^pea.9 the etruggle bit ween death and,, hie victim, in the tented fielS, ip the ab-■ i ** • , i * .* _ •pence of nearly all the .softening'influences that surround the death bed at home.r' t» ; M '• v.- , • ;•*We.have been robbed of one of our com-■ •••;: ■ ••■••• WT}, - :krades, one of out; strong young warriors,on whom we had rested our confidence in* J . i • ’the day of battle-—one whose quiet steadiness of purpose was indicated oy his* ^ ^ i x • i J - * I . '' , . • * Vdaily demeanor. We feel and mourn for the loss of Jonathan John. He died at about’5 o’clock, P.M., of the 23d inst., of11 . ■* • • , t. ^ i •pneumonia, combined perhaps ..with other affections of the lunge. He gave evidence that the event was not unlooked for by himself, for at, twenty-four hours previous to bis death, he suffered .greatlyfrom a difficulty of breathing, but made no unmanly complaints. . He could not converse lor want of breath: but in a few* . * »-• • / - 9 • ■ • * f i r .disconnected words.signified,h^e wishes tohis comrades, who watched ground hispallet.. During the last twenty-four hoursof his illness he was closely attended by.%two of his messmatesrr-Willi Am .Jordan, and Jamas Patterson, and myself—and after we bad prepared the bo^y for a soldier’s grave, we were pleased t°; laarn that through the exertions of opr excellentCaptain, and the (Quartermaster of the regiment, arrangements bad been made forasending the corpse home for burial, in the midst of his friende and the scenee of his boyhood’s home. Yours,A. J. Wright.A Assume of Afhlrs in Missouri._» C O - TV . . • . I * 1 TV
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Connersville Weekly Times
Connersville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 02, 1862
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