Thursday, July 19, 2012

Confederate Major James Reilly-- Part 4

Confederate General Whiting was wounded at Fort Fisher and taken to New York where he died.  The clergyman who officiated at his funeral was the general's brother.  He was buried in New York City and remained buried until late in the 1890s when his body was disinterred and brought back to Wilmington. where he was buried next to his wife.  There  are those who wonder why his wife would wait that long to do that.

Meanwhile, Colonel Lamb was dropped off in Virginia and was treated at Chesapeake Hospital where one of his foes from the battle, Newton Curtis was also being treated for a bad wound that cost him an eye.  .    During the course of their recovery, the two become good friends, a friendship that lasted until both died.  They even worked together to make Fort Fisher a national park.

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