'As an old comrade of your very gallant son, I write to express my
heartfelt sympathy with you in the loss of your dear boy, and our
devoted Adjutant.
'Nothing happens but by the permission of our Heavenly Father, so all
is well with him gone Home.... It is given to few men even in this
dreadful war to accomplish so much, and to perform their appointed
tasks so worthily as has Captain Lusk, and it will surely help you to
know how bravely and nobly he has kept his word, and in passing
carried his sword pure and spotless beyond the Veil.
'To us of the 6th S.R. he has given a grand example of devotion to
duty, and his influence has permeated the whole Corps. We could ill
spare him, and probably from a regimental standpoint no greater loss
could have befallen us. I had a letter from my son, who is with the
Battalion, saying that Captain Lusk had passed him but a few minutes
before he was hit. The grief in the regiment is deep, but his
example will live and inspire all.'