"Eli Abernathy brethed his last at the pattent office hospital on the 5th inst. his disease was the typhoid fever. he was sick about 4 weeks and he was over there about 3 weeks. we never got to go and see him at all. wee tried to get a pass to go and see him but we could not. wee heard the night before he died that he was not expected to live through the night and next morning the boys tried to get a pass to go and see him but they could not get 1. there is 1 of our Co just come here that saw him die. he says he died very easy.
-Joseph Slack, Company C
"Eli Abernathy brethed his last at the pattent office hospital on the 5th inst. his disease was the typhoid fever. he was sick about 4 weeks and he was over there about 3 weeks. we never got to go and see him at all. wee tried to get a pass to go and see him but we could not. wee heard the night before he died that he was not expected to live through the night and next morning the boys tried to get a pass to go and see him but they could not get 1. there is 1 of our Co just come here that saw him die. he says he died very easy.
-Joseph Slack, Company C
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