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Lieutenant Colonel Wilder Dwight, 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Mortally Wounded at Antietam, September 17, 1862 - Letter to his mother

Posted on September 11, 2026 at 12:40:16 PM by Cutter (edited September 11, 2026 at 12:41:49 PM)

Here's the link to his letter. It was written in two parts. The first part is written before the battle. The second is after he was wounded in the hip and wrist during the fighting at the Dunker Church on the north side of the battlefield. He wrote this after being shot:

Dearest Mother -

I am wounded so as to be helpless. Good by, if so it must be. I think I die in victory. God defend our country. I trust in God, and love you all to the last. Dearest love to father and all my dear brothers. Our troops have left the part of the field where I lay.

Mother, yours,

Wilder

All is well with those that have faith.

https://www.masshist.org/database/2169

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