The Union Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini

Author:Jennifer Chiaverini [Chiaverini, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2011-01-21T23:00:00+00:00

My beloved wife,

We have made camp for the night and I improve a miserable day greatly by taking pen in hand and writing to you.

By now you have surely heard about the tremendous campaign that concluded in Gettysburg a few days ago. Although the VI Corps did not reach the battlefield until the afternoon of July 2, the First Division was promptly deployed and was soon engaged in the fight. I hope you will forgive me, my love, but in the aftermath of the day’s fighting, I parted with the beautiful quilt you made for me. If you had seen the poor wounded soldier to whom I gave it, you would have agreed that his need was greater than mine. Perhaps in your compassion for the suffering you than mine. Perhaps in your compassion for the suffering you would have taken the quilt from my bedroll yourself and draped it over the young man with your own gentle hands.

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