Dear Ma'am,

Depending on the unit of the person you refer to, it sounds like they may have been wounded in battle during the Chattanooga Campaign and evacuated down the railroad to one of the General Hospitals set up to support the Army of Tennesse and he died of his wounds.

I hope this helps.

Respectfully,

Gerald D. Hodge, Jr.
Warner Robins, Georgia
War Between the States Historian
Historian: 39th Georgia Infantry Regiment
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