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At the time of his death he was twenty-six years and two
months old. His career as a soldier was every way creditable
to him, as the following extract from a letter from Major
Joseph Hayes of the Eighteenth Regiment will testify. Major
Hayes says:"His conduct in the late engagement, in which he fell, is mentioned in the highest praise by all the officers who were engaged
with him. He fell right in the very front, while bravely cheering on
his men under a most galling fire, and displayed to the last a spirit
of intrepidify and gallantry surpassed by no one. Lieutenant Almy
was always prompt, faithful, and zealous, and cheerful too, in the
performance of his duty as a soldier."
Almy's cheerful performance of his duty was especially noteworthy. His letters to his friends were always written in
good spirits, no matter what the circumstances,in which he
was placed.
He was a young man of excellent abilities, more distinguished, however, by the general balance of his faculties than
by extraordinary pre-eminence in any special department.
He possessed good judgment, the best common sense, and
great tact in all practical matters. He had much kindness
of heart and was always good-natured and cheerful. His
qualities as a friend and companion cannot be spoken of
too highly. He enlisted in the military service of his country
from motives of the purest patriotism, and in dying he ended
generously a life which he had generously lived.