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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 8: Colonel of the Third Maine regiment; departure for the front (search)
family framed in by the window. Home, family, comfort, beauty, joy, love were crowded into an instant of thought and feeling, as I sprang through the door and quickly ascended the stairway. I handed my wife the superintendent's paper granting me a short leave. Nothing startling, I said, as I noticed her surprise; if I am chosen colonel of the Kennebec Regiment, I wish to be on the ground to organize it. It was short notice, less than an hour for preparation, as the down train passed Garrison's, east of the Hudson, at 1.30 P. M. My valise was soon packed, luncheon finished, and then came the moment of leave-taking, made a little harder by my wife's instinctive apprehension that I would not return to West Point. Her instinct, womanlike, was superior to my reasoning. In truth, I was not to come back I For an instant there was a momentary irresolution and a choking sensation filled my throat, but the farewell was cheerfully spoken and I was off. My wife was patriotic, stron