Sunday at home.
Herman and John, Betsy and Jane came to dinner. Such a dinner, too, as mother
cooked for us. Dear old soul, how I wished I could eat enough to last until the
war is over. Daniel McElwee came up and wanted me to go with him to
Mabbettsville and see Mr. and Mrs. Haight. I put the best side of soldiering
out, as Mrs. Haight wanted to know how her boy was faring. This seems to me the
saddest side of war. Those that go have excitement enough to live on, but those
that are left can only wonder how it is with their loved ones, and imagine
worse things than may ever happen. I reached home in time to visit with father
and mother awhile and then went to bed tired out.
SOURCE:
Lawrence Van Alstyne, Diary of an Enlisted Man, p. 10
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