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Title: Page [22]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650122
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton Gen'l Hospital Washington D.C. A beautiful very beautiful day nature in her bridal dress, decorating trees buildings all over with spangles of diamonds glittering in the sun. War news very good [capturely] Gen'l Sherman's Army of Pocatitige Bridge between Savannah and Charleston at work as usual in the Office. Very [lack] in the business today. did not go out at all only for a few moments in the evening to see my friend Mr. Moon. wrote two letters one to my Betrothed and one to Miss Mary J. Foster of Rochester N.Y. received a note from my cousins at Mt. Pleasant Hospital also wrote to him in answer. ------------------------------ Sunday, January 22. A beautiful very beautiful day. Nature in her bridal dress, decorating trees, budding all over with spangles of diamonds glittering in the rain. War news very good, capture by Genl. Sherman’s army of Pocotaligo Bridge between Savannah and Charleston. [15.] At work as usual in the office, very slack is the business today, did not go out all, only for a few moments in the evening to see my friend Mr.Moon. Wrote two letters, one to my betrothed and one to Miss Mary J. Foster of Rochester NY, received a note from my cousin at Mt. Pleasant Hospital also wrote to him in answer. Note: 15. On Jan. 15, 1865, Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard (Nov. 1830- Oct. 1909) commanding the Right Wing of Sherman’s Army of the Tennessee [ !5th Army Corps, under Maj. Gen. John Alexander Logan (Feb. 1826-Dec.1886) and the 17th Corps under Maj. Gen. Francis Preston Blair Jr. (Feb.1821-July 1875) made a lodgement on the Charleston R.R. near Pocotaligo Creek. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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