I wrote a note this
morning, just before breakfast, expecting an immediate start for Martinsburg;
but, owing to the necessary delays of our movements, we shall not start until
four o'clock this afternoon. To-night we camp on this side the Potomac. Everything
is as well with us as it can be. I think the organization shows, by its
practical working on the way, that it is a success. The men are quiet, orderly,
and disciplined. Their rations have held out well, and their health and spirits
are remarkably good. I see very clearly that there is to be no limit of work,
but much of it will be work that I can do, which is all I want. As to fatigue,
I expect to bear it well. Since Sunday morning I have not had three successive
hours of sleep, but I feel well and vigorous, notwithstanding. We start from
here very soon, and, as the regiment moves out on its first march, we expect to
make a fine appearance. I shall write as often as I can, and hope to hear.
SOURCE: Elizabeth Amelia Dwight, Editor, Life and
Letters of Wilder Dwight: Lieut.-Col. Second Mass. Inf. Vols., p. 46-7
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