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We publish the following letter by request of Mr. Kale:Ie;tlCami* Hamilton*, Fortress Monroe, Va.,December 27,1861.Mr. Kale:—' ^ar Sir : I returned yesterday from visit of two weeks at my home in Lake county,and found universal glootn spread over our company, caused by the death of your son Albert. His remains were sent from her© by express, and I sup. pose that ere this have been received by yon. When I left ho was complaining, but not confined ; soon after lie became worse and was taken to the hospital.— Ilis disease terminated in typhoid fever, and he continued to sink until the 17th, lt;kt 10 12 o'clock, p. m., when death ensued and put an end to his sufferings.— All that skillful physicians and good nurses could do, was done to save his life, but all in vain. His body sleeps the cold sleep of death, but his spirit, I trust, is transferred to a brighter sphere.Sleep, Soldier! sleep !—thy warfare o'er,slcrYoilaNot the loud bugle’s strongest strainShull ever break thv slumbers more'With summons to the battle-plain ;A trumpet note more loud and deep Must rouse thcs from thy leaden sleep.Albert was beloved by his comrades. *;f-kntlctlt;Paa11t(!;tr,ai£d esteemed by hU officers as byave and generous to a fault, and I know that his only regret, had he been In his right jc mind, was that he had not been permitted to lt;1 i;s in the storm of battle‘ With V:?i back to the field, and hid ftot to.the for!” ‘The Company donated over one hundred dollars to get ills collin and pay express charges, and considered it a duty, and on obligation to his parents that hie body bo sent home. 11*13 was the first death which lias occurred inour company.Years, truly,JOHN‘WIIEIiLER,Capt. Co. I, 20th Reg. Ind. Vol.C!
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Crown Point Register
Crown Point, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 23, 1862
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