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The Tennessean
Monday, 7 October 1878


         Mr. EMILE C. LAURENT, who died of yellow fever
       at the Infirmary, on Saturday, was once a resi-
       dent of this city. He came here in 1850, and
       remained until about three years ago, when he
       went to Coffeeville, Miss., to live. He was a
       brother of E. L. LAURENT, of the firm of Hall
       & Laurent, druggists. At the breaking out of
       the war he joined Company C, Rock City Guards,
       and served with that command until the battle
       at Nashville, in December, 1864, when he was
       taken prisoner. He was a brave man, and was
       never assigned to any duty without accomplish-
       ing it promptly and gallantly, as became a 
       true soldier. A German by birth, he was greatly
       esteemed and respected by all who knew him.
       The treatment he received while on his way
       from Mississippi to Nashville was inhuman. He
       was taken from the train at Grand Junction,
       placed in a hotel and compelled to remain in
       one room for fourteen hours. He arrived here
       on Saturday, was taken down on Tuesday, and
       died Saturday. His remains were interred in
       Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
       
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