“The strife is o’er, the battle done,
The victory of Life is won.”
Faithfully yours,
Anna Holmes Wilcox,
President.
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(Troy Chapter, U. D. C.)
“Reverence and esteem for the soldier and gentleman.”
Troy, Alabama, January 10, 1904.
Mrs. Longstreet,
Gainesville, Georgia:
My dear Madam,—The members of Troy Chapter, Alabama Division, U. D. C., desire that you should learn through us of our deep sympathy in your late bereavement. We feel that we have sustained a personal loss in the death of your noble husband, and would convey to you some sense of our reverence and esteem for the gallant Confederate general and honorable Southern gentleman.