sentences:  Prentice remained as editor of the paper during and after the 1868 merger of the "Louisville Courier", "Louisville Journal" and "Louisville Democrat" that created "The Courier-Journal", although he soon died and Haldeman's protege and dedicated Confederate veteran Henry Watterson became editor and would write and speak widely about his Southern viewpoint (although born in Washington DC as the son of a Tennessee Congressman).He died of influenza on January 22, 1870, less than two years after his wife, and was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.His successor editor at the "Louisville Courier-Journal" delivered and printed a eulogy, and a Philadelphia publisher republished the 1859 essay collection in 1870 with a new preface.