. Memorial history of the Seventeenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (old and new organizations) in the Civil War from 1861-1865 . Capt. Geokge W. Kenney. Adjt. Henry A. Cheever. DEPARTURE FOR THE SEAT OF WAR. 113 ready writer. As the war recollections can only properly be in-cluded in this memorial history of the regiment (he had writtenalso of service in the army), extracts only can be given, owing tothe great amount of material on hand, and much to the regretof the compiler). Can it be possible that time flies so swiftly, that thirty-fouryears seem but yesterday? Nevertheless, i
. Memorial history of the Seventeenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (old and new organizations) in the Civil War from 1861-1865 . Capt. Geokge W. Kenney. Adjt. Henry A. Cheever. DEPARTURE FOR THE SEAT OF WAR. 113 ready writer. As the war recollections can only properly be in-cluded in this memorial history of the regiment (he had writtenalso of service in the army), extracts only can be given, owing tothe great amount of material on hand, and much to the regretof the compiler). Can it be possible that time flies so swiftly, that thirty-fouryears seem but yesterday? Nevertheless, it is true. What eventshave grown j^ellow in history since those memorable days? Thosestirring times come back to us with freshness. We can almosthear the familiar sound of the rattle of the trappings of war, thevoices of our early comrades long silent in death. Those were thetimes when we were in the vigor of early manhood, before thefrosts of winter had touched our hair. In camp at West Gloucesterthe Danvers Light Infantry saw the first experience of a soldierslife, roughing it. Most of the members of the company were young,unmarried m
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