A Good Man Has Fallen

It is with sorrow we announce the death of Rev. John S. Whittlesey, Chaplain of the 11^th Iowa Regiment.  He returned to his home in Durant a few weeks since, sick with typhoid fever and pneumonia, contracted by his exertions to aid the wounded soldiers at the battle of Pittsburg, while he himself was in feeble health.  He was a pure hearted Christian, and has fallen a martyr at his post, while faithfully discharging his duty.  Mr. Whittlesey, by his faithful correspondence, had made himself acquainted with all the readers of the Gazette, who, with us, will regret that his pen is stilled forever. – {Davenport Gazette

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 17, 1862, p. 2