1862 September 26 Suffield, Conn.

[from the diary of the Rev. Francis E. Butler, future chaplain of the 25th New Jersey]



Fri 26.  talked with several in ch & out in reference
to Chaplaincy – Most all advised me to it –
My Ch. Coun. Met. heard statement & all sd. very sorry
to part with me – but it seems clear to us that if
you feel it is duty, you should go – we must sacrifice
our own feelings.
I accordingly decided to accept –

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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