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Title: Page [76]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650317
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton General Hospital Washington D.C. A fine sunny day. feel well but have considerable pain in my arm. War news very cheering Sherman all right. Is at Fayettsville. News that Sheridan has joined Grant with all his Cavalry. also that active movements will soon be commenced by the Army of the Potomac received today a real (17) loving good letter from My Betrothed. Dated March 12th in the Evening. wrote letter to her enclosing printed envelopes. Printed today Endorsements to Blanks and Cards & Envelopes for Patients. ------------------------------ Friday, March 17. A fine sunny day, feel well but have considerable pain in my arm. War news very cheering, Sherman all right, is at Fayettesville, news that Sheridan has joined Grant with all his cavalry, also that active movements will soon be commenced by the Army of the Potomac. Received today a real loving good letter from my betrothed dated March 12th. In the evening wrote letter to her enclosing printed envelopes. Printed today endorsements blanks and cards and envelopes for patients. [5.] Note: 5. Maj. Gen .John McAlllister Scholfield (Sept.1831-March 1906) commander of the Army of the Ohio occupied Wilmington on Feb. 25, 1865 but was ordered to move his force and join Sherman at Goldsboro NC. On March 7, CSA Gen. Braxton Bragg (March 1817-Sept.1876) , retreating from Wilmington, attacked Scholfield at Southwest Creek,east of Kinston NC and after two days, with the Union troops reinforced to 2 Corps, Bragg withdrew to link up with Joe Johnston’s Army. On the 17th Sheridan had not yet crossed the Pamunkey, but completed his march from Winchester on March 25,1865 and linked up with Grant. The doctors: Wilson and Channing have already been cited. Surgeon Alexander N. Dougherty (Jan.1822- Nov. 1882) was Medical Director of the 2nd Corps. Daniel Webster Prentiss (1843-1899) 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 Unpublished manuscript, 2014.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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