In a letter from Sarah A.B. Ripley to her daughter Sophia Ripley Thayer, she describes the visit of her son Ezra and Army Company B of the Massachusetts 29th to the Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts before they were sent off to the battlefields of the Civil War.
He indicated that he "should expect plenty of lemonade and a hearty welcome." This imaginary scene is of the fleeting moment of young men and women sharing a precious moment of leisure, before departing for serious endeavors.
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