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Letters from War: 1861 | A Soldier Mourns His Wife at Great Falls

Summary by Wynning History
A soldier kneels at his young wife's grave - then marches back to war. Luther Dodson's wife Sarah died of tuberculosis at 25, less than a year after their wedding. He came home on leave that August, visited her grave at dusk, and wrote about it in a letter that stands as some of the most moving passages in this entire series. Then he went back to the front. Read the letter.
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Wynning History broke the news on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
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