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18640815-18640816
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Beautiful day. W.P. E.J. Brookings Stanton. W.A.W.M. Burchard. Douglass R.S.E.D.Godfrey. Stanton A.R.S. W.H. Pitcher Stanton F.S. M.Duncan Stanton [Illegible] E.O. Steves, Douglass Chop, P.M. Raymond, Douglass [Illegible] H.O.Nightingale, Stanton A.C M.Morgan Douglass J.S. R.T. Kiskland Stanton O.S. F. Durand, Douglass. The above named officers were elected at the organization of Union Div. No. 16 of the order of the Sons of Temperance, said Div. being composed of the patients from the Stanton and Douglass Hospitals, Washington D.C. [blank] -------------------------------- August 15, Monday. Beautiful day. WP E.J. Brookings Stanton WA W.M. Burchard Douglas RS E.D. Godfrey Stanton ARS W.H. Pitcher “ FS -M. Duncan-------“- Tres. E.O.Steves Douglas Chap. J.M. Raymond “ Con. H.O. Nightingale Stanton AC M. Morgan Douglas JS R.T. Kirkland Stanton OS F.Durand Douglas. The above named officers [2.] were elected at the organization of Union Div.16 of the Order of the Sons of Temperance, said Div. being composed of the patients from the Stanton and Douglas Hospitals Washington D.C. Note: 2. Some of the men listed here are: Edmund J. Brookings, 16th Maine William M. Burchard 16th Connecticut. Sgt.William H. Pitcher 1st Reg. Maine Veteran Infantry Sgt. Elbert O. Steves 165th NY Ralph T. Kirkland 146th NY Ferdinand Durand 2nd Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps - the others could not be found Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.

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Henry O. Nightingale diary, 1864
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UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
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Henry O. Nightingale diaries

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