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Langhorne Hospital
4th Leiv Gen Hospital
no. 2. –
John C. Mercer, Surgeon
Lynchburg Febry
25th 1863

Dear Madam,
I regret to inform you
that your husband died in this
Hospital on the 5th Febuary sud-
-denly. He had been walking
about all day & becoming sick
in the night, lived but a
few hours. He had been
here but about three weeks
& was not improving in health
Every attention was paid him while alive
& he was decently buried in
the grave-yard allotted to
soldiers. This is the second
letter that has been written
to you giving you this infomation
but fearing you may not receive
the first, I now write this
second one. I sympathize with
you in you affliction.
Very respectly your obedt. servt.
John C. Mercer
Surgeon

Date: 
February 25, 1863

Recipient(s)

Residence (County): 
Butts County, GA

From

From State: 
Virginia
From Municipality: 
From County: 
Campbell

To

To State: 
Georgia
To County: 
Butts

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Barbara Jones
Transcription Date: 
April, 2015
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
August, 2016

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