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Identifier	Gage_b1f72
Title	Jeremiah Gage to Patience W.S. Gage (3 July 1863)
Author	Gage, Jeremiah
Recipient	Gage, Patience W.S.
Date	3 July 1863
Location	Gettysburg (Pa.)
Subject	Death Patriotism Confederate States of America Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Broader Subject	Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Gage family -- Correspondence
Description	Letter written to his mother, as Jeremiah is dying, after having been wounded at Gettysburg.
Transcript	Gettysburg Penn July 3rd My dear mother This is the last you may ever hear from me. I have time to tell you that I died like a man. Bear my loss as best you can. Remember that I am true to my country and my greatest regret at dying is that she is not free and that you and my sisters are robbed of my worth whatever that may be. I hope this will reach you and you must not regret that my body can not be obtained. It is a mere matter of form anyhow." This is for my sisters too as I can not write more. Send my dying release to Miss Mary." you know who." J.S. Gage Co. A, 11th Miss.) Mrs. P.W. Gage Richland" Holmes County" Miss.)(This letter is stained with my blood.)
Type	Text
Original Format	correspondence
Original Collection	Gage Family Collection
Collection Finding Aid	http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00196/
ASERL URL	www.american-south.org
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Citation	Gage Family Collection, Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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