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Re: Champion Hill
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I'm hunting in the same area. My gg grandad was with the GA 34th and his name was William Thomas Daniel. He was captured at Champion Hill. He was later paroled and was in the care of a Rev. and Mrs. Sallie Lea that lived in Brownsville. He apparently had consumption and chronic diarrhea. His one desire was to get back and see his family one last time. here is an excerpt of the letter written by Mrs. Lea to the family dated near Jackson MS May 14, 1864

"He wanted to get home so Mr. Lea started to go home with him. We fixed a bed in a little spring wagon and fixed him as comfortable as we could, the weather being so warm and his disease being consumption. He was taken worse and died ten miles this side of Enterprise. Mr.Lea had a very nice coffin made for him and had him fixed as nice as he could and he was buried there. He had a little money with him but Mr. Lea attended his funeral expensest so you need not trouble yourself at all about that. He was willing to die only he wanted to reach home first. He said he wanted to see his wife and mother and let them know he was to die and to think he is now resting in Heaven. ........ You must answer this letter to let me know if you got it but you must not send any money for your son was perfectly welcome for all I did for him. Mr. Lea is now in th army and I can not tell you the day of the month he died but it was during the first part of August. You must not grieve for him for he is a great deal better off. Answer this for I want to know if you get it.

O.k. folks any thought on where he could be buried??? We aren't familiar enough with the area to know where all to look.

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