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Facing pages [28-29]
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18640128-18640129
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[written above date]: Hospital of 108th near Morton's [Ford VA?] [inelligble - water damage] Fine day but quite cold in the morning feel very much better. At work work helping to [inelligble] the Hospital [med?]. [illegible]. Wrote to mother. Nothing of importance occurred today. [written above date:] Hospital of 108th near Morton's Ford VA Pleasant and [illegible] like received a paper from home. Am almost well as I hope. Nothing of importance today. A rebel [facet?] was captured and 4 then deserted last night. Took a good ride Horse Back but was compelled to go to bed as soon as I returned on account of a fever occassioned by over exertion. ------------------------------ Jan. 28, Thursday. Fine but quite cold in the morning, feel very much better. At work helping to obtain hospital med. Leaves, wrote to mother – nothing of importance occurred today. Jan. 29, Friday. Pleasant and spring like. Received a paper from home. Am almost as well as I hope. Nothing of importance today. A rebel picket was captured and 4 other deserters that night. Took a good ride [on?] horseback but was compelled to go to bed as soon as I returned on account of a fever occasioned by over exertion. 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 Unpublished manuscript, 2014.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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