. History of the Fortieth (Mozart) regiment, New York Volunteers, which was composed of four companies from New York, four companies from Massachusetts and two companies from Pennsylvania . PREPARING FOR WAR. question of stern duty and I fear the contest will not be brief. We cannot turn awayfrom a danger that must be encountered, and so I am resigned to see you start for thewar, although I may never see you again. And my father never looked upon my face again, for he died of pneu-monia in a few brief months after my departure. With my mother, thereseemed a reluctance to consent that her first
. History of the Fortieth (Mozart) regiment, New York Volunteers, which was composed of four companies from New York, four companies from Massachusetts and two companies from Pennsylvania . PREPARING FOR WAR. question of stern duty and I fear the contest will not be brief. We cannot turn awayfrom a danger that must be encountered, and so I am resigned to see you start for thewar, although I may never see you again. And my father never looked upon my face again, for he died of pneu-monia in a few brief months after my departure. With my mother, thereseemed a reluctance to consent that her first born should immediately go tothe front, and she advised a delay. For this I was prepared, as no motherwas ever willing to offer a beloved son for sacrifice, and my mother certainlyregarded my attitude and my enlistment as a mere preliminary to thefatality that she anticipated I would encounter in battle. But at last Ipersuaded her that my services were needed and she finally consented andimparted her blessing. There still remained another for me to reconcile —she to whom I was pledged in marriage. Upon the earliest date of myenlistment, I had written to her upon the subject, and
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