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his trip around the world, but if he felt better than I did he must have been very happy.
I remained at home six days, and at the expiration of my leave reported back to the camp.
I was as pleased to meet the dear old boys as I had been to meet friends at home.
How I love to linger, living over in memory those happy days.
I could fill pages with reminiscences of that winter; the horse show February 22, the grand inauguration of Lieutenant Shackley when he received his commission, the blackberry jam at the sutler's tent, the courts-martial in the Sibley tent on the hill, and last but not least, the grand joke which was enjoyed by all; but it would be of interest only to the comrades of the old 19th and I will pass on to the stern realities of war.
Boston: Wright and Potter, 1899.
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