After he was discharged from the Army, John Gurley went back to Wisconsin, but this time settled in Platteville (not far from Shullsburg). There he practiced law and formed a co-partnership with Paine & Carter, an established law firm of that town.
He was an especially gifted orator and advocate, a man of great generosity and had many admirers.
In the summer of 1868, he took a severe cold and along with lasting effects of his military career caused his demise on April 2, 1869, at age 31.
His body was taken to Sandwich, Illinois, where he is buried on the family plot at Pine Mound Cemetery in LaSalle County.
It is described as a very old and well-maintained cemetery, but difficult to spot during corn-growing season.
--Old Secesh
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