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Title: Page [68]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650309
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton General Hospital Washington D.C. A fun spring day. War news good. Sheridan's victory details over 1300 rebel deserters during the present[well], on a board - [Merciful] as witness against John [Jay] B 20 N.Y.M. the Col of my Regt. President very muddy. No news frm home. Finished and mailed my letter to Miss Judith Underdown. printed severeal bunches of envelopes for [illegible]. in the eveing wrote a letter to Miss [illegible Clarke (2), recieved a letter from Nicholas G. Jones. Alexandria Va. Feel very well, no letters from my loved ones. am anxiousand impatient. --------------------------------- Thursday, March 9. A fine spring day, war news good, Sheridan’s victory, details of over 1300 rebel deserters during the present week. On a court martial as witness against John Jay, B, 20th NYM, the col. of my regt, president. [3.] Very muddy, no news from home, finished and mailed my letter to Miss Judith Underdown, printed several books of envelopes for patients. In the evening wrote a letter to Miss [illegible], received a letter from Nichol F. Jones, Alexandria Va. Feel very well, no letter from my loved one, am anxious and impatient. Note: 3. The name of Henry M. House appears on the roster of the 2nd NYHA as a private in Co.C. The 37 yr.old enlisted in Feb, 1864 was appointed sergeant and discharged for disability in July 1865. John Joy was a 36 yr. old private from Co. B of the 20th NY Militia. He was discharged in Oct.1862 but re-enlisted in Dec. 1863 in the 80th NY which was originally the 20th NY Militia. AKA John Jay. The Colonel of the 108th NY was Charles J. Powers (see earlier notes). Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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