Friday, October 28, 2011

Dr. Witter, surgeon of the 7th Iowa Regiment . . .

. . . fancied in the delirium of his last moments that he was on the battle field and exhorted the soldiers who he imagined were in his presence, to deeds of heroism for their country.  A good man is gone, but his memory will live with the freshness of immortality. – Des Moines Register.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 2, 1862, p. 2

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