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Title: Page [225]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650817
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Transcription: Today my term of service expires a long eventful 3 years, have been in the following engagements, Antietam Sept 1762 Frederickburgh, Dec 13 '62. Chancellorsville, May 2 & 4 '63. Gettyburgh July 2 & 4 '63, Auburn and Brenton, Oct 14 "63. Cedar Moutin Mine Run '63, Kellys Ford, Mortons Ford, and 3 day fight in the Wildernes, May 5'6'7"1864. am now a married man a pleasant little wife in whose love and [illegible] I hope can long to be happy. Received a letter from Judith this noon in the morning wrote long letter to J. ----------------------------------- Thursday, August 17. Today my term of service expires, a long eventful 3 years. Have been in the following engagements: Antietam,Sept 17, 1862, Fredericksburgh Dec. 13,’62, Chancellorsville May 2,3, 4, ’63, Gettysburgh, July 2-4 ’63, Auburn and Bristoe Oct 14,’63, Kelly’s Ford, Cedar Mountain, Mine Run ’63, Morton’s Ford and 3 day fight in the Wilderness, May 5,6,7, 1864, and now a married man, a pleasant little wife on whose love and society I hope ever long to be happy. Received a letter from Judith this morn, noon. In the morning wrote long letter to J. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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