From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in January 1864:
GONE TO THE WARS. – The editor of the Seneca County Sentinel, disgusted with the newspaper business, has gone for a soldier, leaving the paper in his absence in the hands of his wife.
For all I know, the editor may have been disgusted with his business, but maybe he just decided to put his body where his words were.
The Seneca County Sentinel was published in Ovidfrom 1860-1866.
I’m not sure if there is a mix-up on the dates. Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury briefly edited the Sentinel in 1860. In 1862 he joined the 126th New York Volunteers.
