Original sentence: , Medical Histories of Confederate Generals, Kent State University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0873386494.Cancer developed in his right eye, and in December he had X-ray therapy in Chicago to treat it.He contracted pneumonia in Gainesville, where he is buried in Alta Vista Cemetery.He had taught himself to write with his left hand; by periodically pulling on his arm, as advised by doctors, he was able to regain use of his right hand in later years.He outlived most of his detractors, and was one of only a few general officers from the Civil War to live into the 20th century.His final years were marked by poor health and partial deafness.His weight diminished from 200 to 135 pounds by January 1903.In 1902 he suffered from severe rheumatism and was unable to stand for more than a few minutes at a time.Welsh, Jack D
Edited sentence: He outlived most of his detractors, and died of pneumonia in Gainesville, where he is buried in Alta Vista Cemetery.He was one of only a few general officers from the Civil War to live into the 20th century