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During the American Civil War, a young man named Roswell McIntyre was drafted into the New York Cavalry（骑兵队）.
During the American Civil War, a young man named Roswell McIntyre was recruited into the New York Cavalry.
The war was not going well. Soldiers were needed so desperately, that he was sent into battle with very little training. Roswell became frightened — he panicked（惊慌失措） and ran.
At that time, the war was not going well, the troops were in urgent need of fighters, and he was sent to the battlefield with little training. Roswell panicked—he was terrified and became a deserter.
He was later court-martialed and condemned to be shot for desertion.
Subsequently, the military court ruled that he was sentenced to execution for the crime of leaving his post without authorization.
McIntyre's mother appealed （求助）to President Lincoln. She pleaded（辩解） that he was young and inexperienced and he needed a second chance.
McIntyre's mother went to intercede with President Lincoln, asking if her son, who was young and had no combat experience, could give him another chance.
The generals, however, urged the president to enforce discipline. Exceptions, they asserted（声称）, would undermine（破坏） the discipline of an already beleaguered（被围困的） army.
But the generals urged the president not to break discipline. They claim that if an exception is made, the already embattled troops will be disenchanted.
Lincoln thought and prayed. Then he wrote a famous statement. “I have observed,” he said, “that it never does a boy much good to shoot him.”
Lincoln, after consideration and prayer, wrote a famous sentence: "I think," he said, "that it doesn't make much sense to shoot a lad." ”
He wrote this letter in his own handwriting: “This letter will certify（证明 ） that Roswell McIntyre is to be readmitted（重新接纳） into the New York Cavalry. When he serves out his required enlistment, he will be freed of any charges of desertion.”
He wrote the following letter in his own handwriting: "I hereby prove that Roswell S. McIntyre was again drafted into the New York Cavalry. At the end of his term of service, he will be exempt from any charge of 'unauthorized departure'. ”
That faded letter, signed by the president, is on display in the Library of Congress. Beside it there is a note which reads, “This letter was t aken from the body of Roswell McIntyre, who died at a battle in Virginia.”
The letter, signed by the president himself, is now yellowed and is displayed in the Library of Congress. Next to it was a note that read: "This letter was found on the body of Roswell McIntyre, a soldier who died in a battle in Virginia." ”
The second chance is always hard-won, and it is worth the best of the people who have it, even if it is to get eternal life in the fires of war.
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