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Springfield Mo Dec 25th Dear Mother & Sisters I would that this were a happy christmas to us all but "Alas how many "Home Circles" have been broken since last we met at the Festal board and had merry times, how many Families are saddened to day at the remembrance of the loved ones that will never spend another christmas at home having fallen in defence of their dear Country Oh it is hard thus to be torn from the dearest ones on earth but we must bow in submission to His will who does all for the best and though life may seem