[September 17, 1862.]
Dearest Mother,
— I am wounded so as to be helpless. Good by, if so it must be. I think I die
in victory. God defend our country. I trust in God, and love you all to the
last. Dearest love to father and all my dear brothers. Our troops have left the
part of the field where I lay.
Mother, yours,
Wilder.
SOURCE: Elizabeth Amelia Dwight, Editor, Life and
Letters of Wilder Dwight: Lieut.-Col. Second Mass. Inf. Vols., p. 293
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