Sept. 18.
Charley left on Monday to be with his regiment, which has been drafted into the U. S. Service—the first step towards Washington. The members singly can resign at any time, and Charley will do this when called upon to leave the city.
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The family took this consoling view of Charley’s duty to his country, and saw him leave Lenox without anxiety. Charley’s private views developed later, when, after valuable service with the Sanitary Commission at the front, he entered the 164th N. Y. regiment and was immediately assigned as aide de camp to very active duty at Army Headquarters.
