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George C. Burmeister diary, 1863
1863-12-16
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Wednesday 16 Lt. Kern and I made preparations to go to the city of Memphis this morning, but how frequently are men’s plans frustrated, and thus ours were checked by a tremendous rain storm, I was glad indeed to be in possession of comfortable quarters and I spent my time in reading and writing. I mused upon the comforts that the people have at home, and wished that I might soon be permitted to have a home of my own, where I might be happy with my good wife and children, yet when will this be?, will it ever be? Who can tell? No one but God. I do pray that this war may speedily end so that I can once more follow the pursuits of civil life, best inclined to my disposition. For military life is not of my choice the best, but it is the one which my duty to my country bade me choose, until our noble institutions and laws of the land are out of danger from rebels. What a precious boon have the people of the South, thrown away, what a priceless inheritance have they forfeited by their foolish obstinacy and revolt. But the glories of our country shall again speedily appear.
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Wednesday 16 Lt. Kern and I made preparations to go to the city of Memphis this morning, but how frequently are men’s plans frustrated, and thus ours were checked by a tremendous rain storm, I was glad indeed to be in possession of comfortable quarters and I spent my time in reading and writing. I mused upon the comforts that the people have at home, and wished that I might soon be permitted to have a home of my own, where I might be happy with my good wife and children, yet when will this be?, will it ever be? Who can tell? No one but God. I do pray that this war may speedily end so that I can once more follow the pursuits of civil life, best inclined to my disposition. For military life is not of my choice the best, but it is the one which my duty to my country bade me choose, until our noble institutions and laws of the land are out of danger from rebels. What a precious boon have the people of the South, thrown away, what a priceless inheritance have they forfeited by their foolish obstinacy and revolt. But the glories of our country shall again speedily appear.
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