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Title: Facing pages [22-23]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18640122-18640123
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Transcription: [written above date]: Hospital near Morton's Ford. Very beautiful and spring-like day, feel pretty well but very feeble. Early this morning all was bustle in getting the sickest men removed & packing up things. Moved at 11 to the new camp it is but one mile from the [illegible] dreadful deep am pleased with the camp very much. The Dr has me in his own tent. received two Photographs from home but no letters are getting in patient for news. Several deserters came into our lines from the Rebs. they say they are suffering very much. Very cold in the morning helping the Dr. most of the time visited the Company formed the men very comfortable and much contented also visited the [illegible] friends in Company F. they also were very comfortable and contented, in the Evening received two letters. One from Aunt Mercy and another from my dear [Skoolmate], B.D. Willson, feel quite contented did not feel very well had a high fever and sweat much very [deep] and [widespread]. ------------------------------ Jan. 22, Friday 1864 Hospital Near Morton’s Ford. [33.] Very beautiful and spring like day, feel pretty well but very feeble. Early this morning all was bustle in getting the sickest men removed and packing up things, moved at 11 to the new camp, it is but one mile from the Rapidan. Mud dreadful deep, am pleased with the camp very much, the Dr. homes in his own tent. Received the photograph from home but no letter, am getting impatient for news. Several deserters came into our lines from the Rebs, they say they are suffering very much. Jan.23, Saturday (same place). Very cold in the morning, helping the Dr. most of the time, visited the company, found the men very comfortable and much contented, also visited the many friends in Company F, they were also very comfortable and contented. In the evening received two letters, one from Aunt Mercy and another from my old schoolmate B.D. Wilson. Feel quite contented, did not feel very well, had a high fever and sweat. Mud very deep and widespread. [attached cut out] ‘When you go to kiss, first grasp with haste around the waist and hug her tight to thee; then she’ll say”Do go away – do, won’t you let me be?” Then Oh, what bliss but never miss so good a chance as that, then make a dash, as quick as flash, and – Georgie hold my hat.’ [34.] Note: 33. Morton’s Ford Va. Is 4-5 miles directly south of Stevensburg on the Rapidan River. 34. This piece of literature (?) appeared in “The Australian Journal, A Weekly Record of Literature” Vol.13, Feb. 1878, so obviously judging from the date Nightingale must have had another and earlier copy of the “work”. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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