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Title: Page [131]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650515
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Transcription: A very rainy day. War news very megre. Trial of the [Illegible] against the government they all plead "not guilty". My hopes of soon being discharged dashed. Another disappointment not discouraged yet. In the morning finished letter to my dear friend Miss Helen Sweet. At work printed envelopes and 300 copies of a report for the linen room. In the evening received a short letter from my [Illegible] Johnathon. Have felt qutie well. Spirits good notwithstanding being disappointed, today is one year from my admission to this hospital how events have changed the [Illegible] of afairs. ------------------------------- Monday, May 15. A beautiful warm day, after breakfast with my cousin, I started on my return to the city. Took passage board of the Keysten [4.], arrived in Washington at 11, at the hospital by 12 AM, completely tired out. Before I returned from Alexandria visited my friend Miss Cody found her well, had a pleasant visit reminding me of old times in R. Received two letters, one from my betrothed and one from friend a friend N.F.J. No letters written feel well but tired out. Note: 4. U.S.S. Keystone State was decommissioned in March 1865 and was sold later in September. Crooks, Terence G. âTranscribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.â Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
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