Later Life
Emerson became a Civil War historian. He joined the Missouri Commandery of Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and wrote a history of General Grant's campaign in the Mississippi Valley.
Emerson died on June 20, 1899 in Ironton, Missouri.
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