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Distances and time by railroad from New York [ii]

Population of the United States for 1860 [iv]

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Title: Page [73]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650314
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton General Hospital Washington D.C. Fine day. showers in the Evning at work. printed two papres of Dr. Channings [Circular] and set type for the thirs. no lettesr received. [surmised] that Gen. sheridan had captured Charlotte. also of another victory by Gen. Sheridan. Great Ball in the dining Room. wrote letter to my Betrothed. feel very well. ------------------------------ Tuesday, March 14. Fine day, showers in the evening. At work printed two pages of Dr. Channing’s circular and set type for a third. No letters received. Rumored that Genl Sherman had captured Charlotte also of another victory by Genl Sheridan. Great ball in the dining room, wrote letter to my betrothed, feel very well. [4.] Note: 4. The war news mentioned in these entries is threefold. The first was a raid from Fort Monroe to Fredericksburg Va. from March 5-8, led by Colonel Samuel Roberts (Sept.1828-Oct.1890) !39th NY. The second is Phil Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign against Jubal Early. The battle of Waynesborough was fought on March 2,1865 when Sheridan’s cavalry, specifically George A. Custer’s Division, routed Early’s force and captured most of the men (O.R. 46, ii, p.793). On March 12-13 Sherman was in the area of Fayetteville NC but initially feinted as if he were headed to Charlotte. The ‘Thomas” referred to is probably Brig, Gen. Stephen Thomas (Dec. 1809-Dec.1903) and the 29th Corps of the Army of the Shenandoah. However no such ‘link up” at Lynchburg Va. could be found in the Official Records, also about two weeks after this entry the 19th Corps was disbanded, approximately 2 weeks before Lee’s surrender. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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