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of formation, on the 13th of August.
On the 21st, the day before his departure for the war, he was married to Miss Sarah R. Fiske, daughter of Augustus H. Fiske, Esq., an eminent lawyer, at the latter's country residence in Weston.
On the 22d of August the regiment left for the war. There was no more noticeable man in its ranks than Captain Willard, marching with stately figure through the eager, crowded streets, to enter upon a mode of life that had little in it to attract him, his face soin (and the third time) put in command of the regiment, much against his will; the Lieutenant-Colonel, together with the Adjutant, having been taken prisoner while eating dinner across the river at White Sulphur Springs.
After leaving camp on August 22d, he was in command about half the time; and he remained in command till he fell.
November 15th, Saturday, he was, for the first time, under fire; and says, November 16th:—
I don't think I either showed or felt the least fear.
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