Boston, November 4, 1861.
My Dear Sir, —
I beg leave to second my son's application for a commission in the First
Cavalry Regiment, and to say that nothing would induce me to seek so perilous
an honor for him but a conviction that he is morally and physically well
adapted to do good service to the good cause. Moreover, I know that he is
actuated by the highest motives in seeking service: such motives as alone can
reconcile parents to offering their sons!
I do not seek for him any specified position, but only ask
that he should have a chance, before he is fixed in the lowest grade, to show
whether he is fit for anything higher; in short, that he shall be judged by
what he can do, rather than by his age, which is only just past twenty-one.
Very truly yours,
John M. Forbes.
SOURCE: Sarah Forbes Hughes, Letters and
Recollections of John Murray Forbes, Volume 1, p. 258
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