Weather good. Regular routine of duty is now on again.
Drill, dress parade, picket, and guard. Not much interest taken in these duties
at this time. No danger now from the enemy. The only real interest is taken in
our dress parades, as we have many visitors from town. Confederate soldiers are
now on their way home, all having been paroled. Halt them at the outposts, send
a guard with them to the Provost Marshal, when they are allowed to proceed to
their homes in Virginia and Maryland. Many were glad the war was over. Some
were very bitter. Would not admit they were beaten. We laughed at the poor
fellows. Many having tramped for miles to reach home. Some shed tears when they
were forced to admit that the war was over, and their cause was lost.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary,
1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 150
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