Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: August 19, 1863

Orders came to march at 8. Got my mare shod and prepared for the march, never moved more slowly, kept stopping to rest. Reached Mt. Vernon at 4 P. M. Have enjoyed the day first rate. Began to feel at home. Boys have treated me very respectfully and I like them. Hope to succeed well and through God's grace do some good. Oh may I behave myself seemly every day.

SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman Harris Tenney, p. 84

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