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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1858. (search)
, but far enough back to sleep half of the nights without equipments on, and to indulge in frequent baths; also to pitch our shelter-tents and think a little of our meals. But even in this place of comparative rest, three A. M., always finds us in line of battle, and for an hour and a half we are ready for the attack of the enemy. Six o'clock used to seem an early hour to arouse us for prayers, but our day seems nearly half gone at that time. Lowell remained near Fair Oaks until the 28th of June. He had entire confidence in the skill of McClellan, and felt sure of his success. He knew nothing of what was preparing for the Army of the Potomac, and very little of what was going on. Like a true soldier, he was intent on doing what his hand found to do, even though he was working in the dark. He writes to Hartwell on the 26th:— Sunday [22d] was a quiet day with us, but we have since had skirmishes at our front, in which we were generally rumored to be advancing, and yet foun
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
ondition of the slaves may be, it does not degrade them as a bad life does most people, for their faces are generally good. I suppose this is owing to their utter ignorance and innocence of evil .... We landed on this island [Port Royal Island] last night, and today are bringing everything to our camp, a mile from the landing, by hand. Having a great many stores, it is a long job. I am sitting on a box in the middle of a field of sand, under a tent-fly, and writing on my knee. Sunday, June 28. . . . . Shall we ever have a home of our own, do you suppose? I can't help looking forward to that time, though I should not; for when there is so much for every man in the country to do, we ought hardly to long for ease and comfort. I wish I could do my share; i. e. that I had as much talent and ability to give to it as I want. . . . . Now that the conflagration policy is settled, I don't mind your speaking of what I wrote about it. Though I would never justify such acts
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1862. (search)
blankets or tents. From this state of things Ropes draws certain conclusions. I really suffered a good deal. I did not remove my clothes from Saturday; May 31st, till Wednesday evening, June 11th, and was soaked with water a great part of the time. . . . . So you see there are some inconveniences of campaigning not down in the books. In fact one has to get over one's old ideas of necessaries and comforts, and finds out how little is really needed for a man to live with. On the 28th of June the army began its retreat towards the James, and in the terrible scenes of the seven days battles the Twentieth Regiment took a prominent part. At Peach Orchard, Allen's Farm, Savage's Station, White Oak Swamp, Nelson's Farm, and Malvern Hill it was either actively engaged or constantly exposed. How it suffered, the lists of killed and wounded will show. At Nelson's Farm alone, seven officers and sixty-three enlisted men were killed or wounded. Half the men in Ropes's company were hi