Mary and I took a
long ride, and then I left for Millerton. Saw the effects of a railroad smash
up at Cooper's Crossing. The engine and cars were scattered along the front of
the embankment and many of them only good for kindling-wood. The carcass of a
cow, the cause of the accident, lay in one place and her hide in another.
Attended a meeting at Millerton, heard some patriotic speeches and saw lots of
people who seemed glad to see me. Was paid the town bounty of $100 and towards
night wended my way over the hills home again, and am writing about it in my
diary. This is my last night home. To-morrow we are due in Hudson again. I have
seen none of the others who came home with me. I suppose each one, like myself,
has crowded the time full of visiting, for who knows when we will have another
chance? We each try to act as if we had no thought for the morrow, but it is
hard work and not very successful.
SOURCE:
Lawrence Van Alstyne, Diary of an Enlisted Man, p. 10-11
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