Quote#God & Faith
My darling wife I am lying mortally wounded the doctors think, but my…
Quote byJoshua Lawrence Chamberlain · 1828–1914
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter written to his wife after being wounded. (June 1864), as quoted in In the Hands of Providence : Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War (2001) by Alice Rains Trulock, p. 215.
English (original)
My darling wife I am lying mortally wounded the doctors think, but my mind & heart are at peace Christ is my all-sufficient savior. I go to him.
— Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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