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Title: Page [52]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650221
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton General Hospital Washington D.C. A very beautiful calm day. [Illegible] of gentle spring, the news of the fall of Charleston is confirmed, Our starry Banner waves victoriously over Fort Sumpter, our national honor is rejoiced in Wayword Carolina. Feel quite unwell. Worked off about 300 copies of different blanks. No letters received today. ------------------------------ Tuesday, February 21. A very beautiful calm day, foretaste of gentle spring. The news of the fall of Charleston confirmed, our starry banner waves victoriously over Fort Sumter, our national honor is regained in wayward Carolina. [5.] Feel quite well, worked off about 300 copies of different blanks, no letter received today. Note: 5. On February 17, 1865 CSA General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (May 1818 – Feb. !873) ordered the evacuation of Charleston of Confederate troops. On the 18th the city surrendered to Brig. Gen. Alexander Schimmelfenig (July 1824-Sept. 1865). Fort Sumter was a federal man-made island in Charleston Harbor, the bombardment of which under orders from Beauregard initiated the war. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
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