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Title: Page [87]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650328
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton General Hospital Washington D.C. A beautiful sunny day. Birds begin to appear, and the [grass] is emerging up deliciously green. War news grand today In the forenoon visited the Capitol, had dinner with some friends and then proceeded to the Navy Yard. Went all through the Monitor [mine] [tank]. Two guns are large enough for me to [illegible] and [quietly] [rest in] its bore. This vessel was one which subdued Fort Sumpter and Fort Fisher. it showers some severe blows. also went a board the [illegible] Mohican 12 guns. In the evening visited good samariton Division Sons of L. interesting exercises. feel quite well, no letters. ---------------------------- Tuesday, March 28. A beautiful sunny day, birds began to appear and the grass is coming up deliciously green. War news, grand. Today in the forenoon visited the capitol, had dinner with some friends and then proceeded to the navy yard, went all through the monitor Montauk, two guns are large enough for me to crawl in and quietly rest in its bore. The vessel was one which subdued Fort Sumter and Fort Fisher. It shows some severe blows, also went a board the steamer Mohican, 12 guns. [8.] In the evening visited Good Samaritan Division, Sons of T, interesting exercises, feel quite well, no letters. Note: 8. On March 25, 1865, Robert E.Lee launched what would be his last offensive of the war against Fort Stedman outside of Petersburg Va. After initial success the attack was beaten back when the Union stopped the penetration and almost encircled the rebel troops. It started at approximately 4 AM and was all over before 8AM and the fort recaptured. The U.S.S.Montauk, a single turret monitor was built by John Ericsson in 1862 and launched on Oct 9 and commissioned on Dec. 9, 1862. She had one 15” and an 11” smoothbore. In the following month, she would be the prison for the Lincoln conspirators and a coffin for John Wilkes Booth. U.S.S. Mohican was a steam driven sloop, launched on Feb.15, 1859 and was involved in both attacks on Fort Fisher. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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