Excerpt from The Record of a Quaker Conscience: Cyrus Pringle's Diary The body of this little book consists of the personal diary of a young Quaker named Cyrus Guernsey Pringle of Charlotte, Ver mont. He was drafted for service in the Union Army, July 13th, 1863. Under the existing draft law a person who had reli gions scruples against engaging in war was given the privilege of paying a commutation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.