“…At Cold 'Harbor I lost my dear friend Lieut. J. Seydel Lander, of Company C. The friendship between this noble gentleman and myself was most congenial, and a source of constant enjoyment. It was, I suppose, an illustration of the theory of affinity of opposites. He was a blonde of fair face, blue eyes and light hair, while I was of the opposite type physically, but in tastes, habits and mental make up, we were in perfect accord. His was a charming personality—a gentleman by birth and breeding—an only son in a most excellent family' of parents and sisters, whose pride and joy he was. He was a Sergeant in Company C and was promoted First Lieutenant after all its officers had been killed in battle. He had been detailed Acting Quartermaster during the absence of that officer and had been relieved just before the charge. Company K being without an officer, Lander was assigned to its command. He led the company through the bloody assault without a wound. A few days later we sat in the trench and talked for an hour. He was still in command of K, and with a remark to the effect that he must go to his company he left me. On his way to the company he came to where Colonel Beaver and General Barlow were seated, in conversation. As the Colonel spoke to him he stopped, and in a few minutes was killed by a piece of shell from a battery on our extreme left front, which partly enfiladed our line. I wired the sad event to my wife, who carried the news to his family, and has often spoken of her mission as a most painful duty. My dear companion Lander! His memory has been ever with me in all the forty years since he left my side at 'bloody Cold Harbor. No purer soul, no more winsome personality, no nobler patriot, was ever offered on the nation's altar.”
Adjutant Joseph W. Muffly
From The Story of Our Regiment: A History of the 148th Pennsylvania Vols.

Note: above submitted by contributor 48696750. Thank you Vincent.