Residence: Orange County, Indiana. Enlisted as a Private on 3 December 1861 in Company F, 47th Infantry Regiment Indiana.
Walter died in Service, at Camp Wickliffe
La Rue Co. Ky in January of 1862.
The Chaplin wrote to his parents in part: "Walter's sickness was very brief & his death sudden & unexpected. When the Doctor was called into his tent, the congestion of the lungs was so complete that nature could not rally."
The original of this letter is held by a family member
Info provided by: Barbara Frye
Walter died in Service, at Camp Wickliffe
La Rue Co. Ky in January of 1862.
The Chaplin wrote to his parents in part: "Walter's sickness was very brief & his death sudden & unexpected. When the Doctor was called into his tent, the congestion of the lungs was so complete that nature could not rally."
The original of this letter is held by a family member
Info provided by: Barbara Frye
Residence: Orange County, Indiana. Enlisted as a Private on 3 December 1861 in Company F, 47th Infantry Regiment Indiana.
Walter died in Service, at Camp Wickliffe
La Rue Co. Ky in January of 1862.
The Chaplin wrote to his parents in part: "Walter's sickness was very brief & his death sudden & unexpected. When the Doctor was called into his tent, the congestion of the lungs was so complete that nature could not rally."
The original of this letter is held by a family member
Info provided by: Barbara Frye
Walter died in Service, at Camp Wickliffe
La Rue Co. Ky in January of 1862.
The Chaplin wrote to his parents in part: "Walter's sickness was very brief & his death sudden & unexpected. When the Doctor was called into his tent, the congestion of the lungs was so complete that nature could not rally."
The original of this letter is held by a family member
Info provided by: Barbara Frye
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