Obituary

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GLC#
GLC03858.01.26-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
1864
Title
Obituary
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
8 p. : Height: 21.4 cm, Width: 26.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

"Extract from the discourse of Rev. E. Erskine, occasioned by the death of Captain John A. Parrott." Handwritten copy of newspaper clipping summarizing John's life, praising his character and accomplishments, and a describing his death. "At the battle of Shiloh…he was severely wounded in the head…So soon as his health permitted he was again with his regiment…But at length, at the battle of Resacca, in Georgia,…he was struck by the fragment of a shell from the enemy's battery, near the ancle, terribly mangling and nearly severing his leg."
Obituary for John A. Parrott. Newspaper clipping. re: "Extract from the discourse of Rev. E. Erskine, occasioned by the death of Captain John A. Parrott." Summary of John's life, praise for his character and accomplishments, and a description of his death. "At the battle of Shiloh…he was severely wounded in the head…So soon as his health permitted he was again with his regiment…But at length, at the battle of Resacca, in Georgia,…he was struck by the fragment of a shell from the enemy's battery, near the ancle, terribly mangling and nearly severing his leg."
Obituary for John A. Parrott. Newspaper clipping. re: Summary of John's life honoring his character and achievements. "Resovled, that in memoriam of our departed brother,the members of this Lodge wear the usual Masonic badge of mourning…that we tender our kind sympathies to the bereaved wife…that a copy of this record be present to the wife of the deceased…."

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