sedate and sober cast, & he was undoubtedly Pious;
for it was remarked that when any of the soldiers
of his company were sick he always visited them &
usually prayed for & with them in their sickness.--
A little anecdote I will relate; one day he acciden-
tally came across some of his men in a bye place
playing cards--he spoke--what are you doing
--this won't do,--give me your cards, they did
so, & he chopd them to pieces, & it was done in
such a manner that the men were rather pleased
than otherwise--his activity on all occasions was
wonderful--he would make a pen the quickest
& best of any man--

"Innumerable instances of occurrences which
took place in the Army I could relate, but who
would care for them: Perhaps it may be thought
by some that I have already been at the expense
of Prolixity, nobody in these days feels as I do,
left here alone, & they cannot if they would, but
to me it is a melancholy pleasure to go back to
those Scenes of fear & anguish & after the laps of
50 years (1826 was in my 78th year) to rumenate
upon them which I think I can do with as bright a
recollection as though they were present--One
more reflection I will make--? why is it that the
delicious Capt. Hale should be left & lost in an
unknown grave & forgotten!--

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