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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 12 (search)
d the service, and whose civil training was leading them into loose notions which confound liberty with license. Second, that when a man possessed a well-formed character before his service in the army, as a man who was really a good, respectable citizen before he enlisted, when he returned he was a far better one. Third, those who were trained to evil deeds before their service have returned quite fixed in their evil habits, not improved for the better in any degree. P. Ball, Mayor. Yarmouth. I am of the opinion that their habits are better. They seem to be more industrious, persevering and anxious to obtain something more than their daily wants. Samuel Matthews, Chairman Selectmen. Unfavorable testimony. Bridgewater. That portion of the returned soldiers who at the time of their enlistment were of age to have acquired habits and characters for themselves, apparently returned as moral, upright men as when they entered the service. A portion of them who entered