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SOLDIER 



On leaving College Goodell opened, on July 23, 1862, 

 a recruiting office in the City of New York; but his ex- 

 pectations did not materialize. He informed a friend that 

 most of the men who called at his office came to see how 

 he was getting along, or to sell him something that would 

 be indispensable to him in campaigning. Only once did he 

 feel sure of a recruit, but the feeling lasted only a moment. 

 With all the patriotic enthusiasm and power of persuasion 

 he possessed, he worked one fellow up to consent to enlist; 

 "but when the papers were brought out he declined to 

 sign that day, and when he left he threw down a card on 

 which was written: 'If you want a good wife, 1st. Keep 

 a good conscience; 2nd. Pay your honest debts; 3rd. Pur- 

 chase your shirts at 263 Broadway ' ; remarking as he evac- 

 uated, 'That is my business'; and was followed by 'You 

 stupid blockhead ! you infamous wretch ! ' or words to that 

 effect." 



Abandoning the scheme of raising a company in New 

 York, he went to Hartford and enlisted August 16 in the 

 25th Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, then forming 

 under Colonel George P. Bissell, f or a service of nine months, 

 and was appointed second lieutenant in Company F. It 

 was the smallest company in the regiment and was chris- 

 tened by the other soldiers "Napheys's Brigade," in honor 



