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invited to take part in the parade in Boston July 4, and Colonel Rice was quite anxious that we should.
After we went to our quarters for dinner Colonel Rice was called to Boston.
Nearly all the officers had business there, and when we boarded the train found the men taken the same way. The colonel did not blame them, and said it was all right if we would report at 9 A. M. the next day at the Providence depot.
All promised.
I did not expect they would come but went to the station at the hour named.
I found Colonel Rice and one private.
We waited a while, but no more reported, and as we three would not make much of a show, concluded to give it up.
July 20 we assembled at Readville for final pay. The men returned to their homes and took up the duties of citizens which they had laid down to become soldiers,--and the 19th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers became a thing of the past.
The regiment had been frequently complimented by its superior officers for soldierly conduct, and the following General Orders will show the opinion in which we were held:--
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