Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Diary of Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett: Thursday, September 15, 1864

It was just a month ago yesterday that I began to mend and get well. Oh, how grateful I am for the mercies of this past month! I have suffered two awful disappointments, but when I think how much worse it might have been, I can only be thankful and patient. A year ago I was at Pittsfield, just going to Saratoga. What a pleasant time I had. That is past for this year. I am still very anxious about my horses — wish I knew they were safe at home. They are safe anywhere so long as Tieman is with them. At the Learneds’ one year ago.

SOURCE: Francis Winthrop Palfrey, Memoir of William Francis Bartlett, p. 138

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