Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: July 10, 1864

Took the inspected horses to Quartermaster Stone and turned them in — 79 to be receipted for by Lt. Spangler. Had a good bath. Read several articles in the Atlantic. My eyes are occasioning me considerable trouble. Have thought of home a good deal today. Many of the officers are thinking of going home when their three years' term expires. Of course it would be pleasant to go home as soon as possible, but many officers promised their men that they would remain with them. I don't know what I shall do. I could not go to Oberlin to stay and I have no desire to go elsewhere and I think for the present every man able should bear arms.

SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman Harris Tenney, p. 124

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