Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: October 30, 1863

The Governor sent for me and asked if I would like to take the Fortieth Massachusetts Regiment, now at Folly Island, Charleston Harbor. He wanted some one to straighten it out. I told him if I was well enough to take the field now, I would.

SOURCE: Francis Winthrop Palfrey, Memoir of William Francis Bartlett, p. 91