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Dear ones at home Today is the first I have heard the news that James is killed may God sustain you Dear Mother and sisters under this awful calamity. I cannot realize the truth after ten days of suspence and anxiety it is almost insupportable to know that He my noble brother the nearest and dearest friend I had on earth fell and I could not be there to soothe him and bear from his lips a message of love to you all. I expect you have heard all the particulars of the fight. I think it strange that I have not got a letter from Hank or [date?] before this stating the particulars of His death I only saw the list of