Before his death, he wrote a letter to his sister indicating his intentions in which he said, "God only knows how it will eventually end, but I trust he will lead me to sacrifice myself, rather than to perpetuate a method which might in the future cost a single man his life."
On March 15, he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with his Colt .45 pistol. He was 41 years old.
Upon hearing the gunshot, an orderly rushed in to find the general. Emory Upton's suicide stunned the army and all who knew him, but his loss was especially felt by his grieving in-laws. They buried him with his beloved wife, Emily, in the Throop-Martin family plot, where Upton's comrades-in-arms Myles Keogh and brother-in-law A.J. Alexander are also interred, as well as nephew Upton Alexander, his namesake and heir.
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| Graves of Emory Upton and his wife, Emily |
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| Gravestone in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York |
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