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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. Arthur Dehon. Second Lieutenant 12th Mass. Vols. (Infantry), January 16, 1862; first Lieutenant, May 13, 1862; killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Arthur Dehon was born January 24, 1841, the son of William and Caroline (Inches) Dehon of Boston. He was prepared for college at Mr. Tower's school in Bos in the same spirit he wrote again: The more reverses the more I wish to go. But at present my duty keeps me here, and I mean to try to be cheerful and keep up my spirits. He had not long to wait before his wishes were fulfilled. On the 16th of January, 1862, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, Colonel Webster. His letters from the field began the same month, and in February he was already so pleased with his new profession as to write: I