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Title: Facing pages [264-265]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18640920-18640921
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Transcription: Serenely beautiful day. This morning signed pay [illegible] wrote to Lieut. Col. Price 108th also to Col. O.H. [Palmer] of Rochester. Also to E.R. Anderson some place. [illegible] to about $20. Received two months pay wrote to Judie my bethrothed a long letter, no news from anybody. This enemy we have near of a ground. Visited by General Sheridan, in the Shenandoah Valley. A very beautiful day, in the morning procured a pass to Alexandria was aboard the [illegible] by 10 a.m. beautiful scenery to Alexandria. At 11 arrived in this city. hired a hack and had a pleasant drive to [illegible] Hospital. To find a friend, he was not there then visited [Rendezvous] for [illegible] and from there [illegible] of [illegible] then Arlington returned to Alexandria at 5 P.M. visited the Marshal House where [Elsworth] fell. then the several Hospital in the city at 1 p.m. was once more aboard the steamer for home. expense of trip $7.50 -------------------------------- September 20, Tuesday. Serenely beautiful day, this morning signed pay rolls, wrote to Lt. Col.Pierce 108th also to Col. O.H. Palmer of Rochester, also to E.R. Andrews same place [6.], will need to draw $20, received two months pay. Wrote to Judie, my betrothed a long letter, no news from anybody. This evening, we have news of a grand victory by Gen. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. September 21, Wednesday. A very beautiful day. In the morning procured a pass to Alexandria, was aboard the steamship Thos. Colyer by 10 a.m. Beautiful scenery to Alexandria. At 11 a.m. arrived in this city, hired a hack and had a pleasant drive to Augur Hospital to find a friend. He was not there. Then vivited Rendezvous of Distribution and from there Camp of Convalescents then Arlington. Returned to Alexandria. At 5 p.m. visited the Marshall House where Ellsworth fell then the several hospitals in the city. At 7 p.m. was once more aboard the steamer for home. Expense of trip $7.50. [7.] Note: 6. Oliver Hazard Palmer (1812-1884) was the first Colonel of the 108th NY. He resigned after Fredericksburg and was replaced by Charles J. Powers who took over as Colonel and Major F.E. Pierce became Lt. Col. Ezra Randall Andrews (1828-1900) worked in the newspaper and publishing until 1870 when he opened his own shop. He was very active in the Rochester community. The reference to Sheridan was his victory over Jubal Early who was still raiding the North, on Sept. 19, 1864. Major General Phillip Sheridan’s (1831-1894) victory was called 3rd Winchester or battle of Opequon. 7. The Thomas Collyer was a wood steamer built in 1862 by Thomas Collyer and owned by Alliance Machine Co. Augur General Hospital was known as Post Hospital Convalescence Camp then after Jan.1864 as. Rendezvous of Distribution Post Hospital then Augur Hospital after Feb,1864. Camp of Convalescents was al related hospital. The Marshall House stood on the corner of King St. and south Pitt St. in Alexandria,Va. The owner of the Marshall House (Hotel) shot Col. Elmer Ellsworth when the colonel removed the confederate flag displayed by the owner. Elmer E. Ellsworth, a close friend of Lincoln, was the first prominent officer killed in the union cause a soon became a figure of martyrdom. James W. Jackson was killed immediately after shooting Ellsworth and also gained fame in the south for his death whike defending the Confederate flag. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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