Monday, October 10, 2016

Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett: Friday, July 29, 1864

Very warm. . . . . Afternoon, sent for, Division Headquarters. We storm the works tomorrow at daylight. Our Division leads. I hardly dare hope to live through it. God have mercy. . . . . If I could only ride, or had two legs, so I could lead my brigade, I believe they would follow me anywhere. I will try as it is. God have pity on dear mother, Agnes, and all loved ones.

SOURCE: Francis Winthrop Palfrey, Memoir of William Francis Bartlett, p. 118

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