June 24, Near
Rockville, 9 P. M.
I wish I had received your letter of Monday three hours
earlier. I would certainly have called on Stanton and made a strong case
against land piracy. I went into town on business and had just time to call on
Henry Higginson (who is going home to-morrow) when I learned that orders had
been sent me to move camp to Poolesville, and picket the Potomac from the mouth
of the Monocacy to Great Falls. I got your letter about an hour before
starting. Poor Rob, — it is very trying indeed. I think Governor Andrew might
easily be persuaded to remonstrate against such usage of Massachusetts troops.
I have not quite decided whether or no, as an officer of the army much
interested in black troops, I might not properly write to Stanton on the
strength of what I have seen in the paper about Darien.
SOURCE: Edward Waldo Emerson, Life and Letters of
Charles Russell Lowell, p. 264
No comments:
Post a Comment