Eleven years ago married. Lucy and I talked of it and lived
it over on this eleventh anniversary. A happy day.
[In the] evening, spoke to the men again about re-enlisting
as veterans. I want three-fourths of the present. We have two hundred and
fifty-five. Our present total five hundred; of these we deduct officers
twenty-five, invalids fifteen, recruits having more than one year to serve
seventy-five — total one hundred and fifteen, [leaving] three hundred and
eighty-five. Three-fourths [would be] two hundred and eighty-eight.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 447-8
