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Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Personal Experience of a Union Veteran (search)
Personal Experience of a Union Veteran By Levi Lindley Hawes
About 12 o'clock one August night in 1862, as I sat in my tent at Fort Jackson, La., making out a Post Return—or perhaps writing to the girl I left behind me—I was interrupted by the quiet entrance of the commandant.
Ye gods!
what do I see?
I exclaimed, as the lieutenant-colonel stood before me in full evening (or night) dress.
I thought you were asleep hours ago.
I have been asleep, he replied, but when I awoke and saw a light in your tent, I said to myself, this witching hour of night is a proper time for me to ask Levi what prompted or induced him to enter the service.
You, an only son, left a delightful, happy home,—I simply left the state of Maine.
Why did you enlist in the military service?
After an hour's friendly chat, I think the colonel retired in the firm conviction that I had a valid reason for connecting myself as sergeant in company I, Thirteenth Maine Regiment Infantry.
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