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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
thus ordered it and "doeth all things well" While you are called upon to mourn his loss you should recollect that no one can die a nobler death. In future years your children and children's children shall tell the tale with pride that their father perished in this the mightiest as well as the holiest of wars. With sympathy for your [word crossed out] affliction I remain Yours very truly S. Alford [??} Co "H" 8th Me [?]