Up early this morning. Waiting for our turn to come for our
pay and discharge.
The Eighteenth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, disbanded.
Its members free citizens again. The separation was somewhat sad. We were happy
that the end had come. Now came the last good-bye, as we grasped each other by
the hand, looking into each other's face, sad but happy. Our soldier life had
come to an end. No more picket and guard duty. No more marching by day and
night in all kinds of weather. No more camp life, sleeping on the ground in all
kinds of weather. No more the long roll to call us out in the night. No more
the danger from battle, sickness, or suffering from hunger and thirst. These
things all helped to make the life of a soldier a very serious one. Left
Hartford at 6 P. M. bound for Norwich, singing “Oh Happy Day.”
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary,
1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 160-1
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