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y, consented to do, and the oolonel of the regiment, although suffering himself from a painful wound, became interested in her behalf, and prevailed upor. her to let him seud a dispatch to her father. This she diclatod in the following manner :Mi. -, £*o. —, Willoughby street,Brooklyn :Forgive your dying daughter. I have but a few moments to live. My native soil drinks my blood. I expected to deliver my country, but the fates would not have it so. I am content to die. Pray, Pa. forgive me. Tell Ma to kiss my daguerreotype. *wilt.P. £J.—Give my gold watch to little Eph. (The youngest brother of the dying girl.)The poor girl was buried on the lield on which she fell in the service of her country, which she fondly hoped to save.
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Daily Times

Dubuque, Iowa, US

Tue, Mar 01, 1864

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