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do violence to no man neither accuse
any falsly and be content with your wages
(Here is speaks of making his own life for the
sake of saveing the lives of two comrads who
he found a sleep on guard) We sent him
a letter wishing him a happy Merry Christ
mas (Dec, 61). He acknowledges it the happiest
one he ever spent and in turn wishes
us a Happy New Year and writes as follows
"So I had the opportunity of being on guard
when the New Year came in I thought as I was
pacing my beat slowly on the beautiful night
Behold what has one short year brought forth
little did I think last New Years night where
I would be at the present It would take
It would take quite a volumn to contain
the thoughts that pased through my mind
that night and I wondered where I should
be next New Years Eve" It was on the night
of Dec 31st on Watch Night that he publicly
profesed his faith in Christianity each
Watch Night was his religious aniversary
And now where Oh where have they laid
his mortal remains In my immaginations