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Civil War
Seventh Regiment Infantry
A. H. ZACHARIAS,
Captain Company K, 7th Michigan.
His lifeless body was not found on the battle-fields of the Peninsula. He passed through them all unhurt, but fell at Antietam, in Maryland, his native State, and near the spot on which he was born. When found on that bloody field he held in his hand an envelope, on which was written as follows:
To Peter K. Zacharias, Monroe, Michigan:
Dear Parent, Brothers and Sisters, —I am wounded mortally, I think. The fight rages around me. I have done my duty; this is my consolation. I hope to meet you all again. I left not the line until nearly all had fallen and colors gone. I am getting weak; my arms are free, but below my chest all is numb. The enemy trotting over me, the numbness up to my heart. Good-bye, all.
Your son, ALLEN. "
American Civil War
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