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Title: Facing pages [44-45]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18640213-18640214
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Transcription: [written above date]: Hd. Qrs. 3rd Div. Stevensburgh Va Another pleasant day [after] mail as usual, in the afternoon visited teh Div. Hospital saw several of the men of our Regt. there, no news from home. Feel very well. Had a very nce time today, [Dr. Marks Chaplain] came today. A very pleasant day visited the 2nd Brigade and the 108 N.Y.V found the men all well. No news from home. feel very well. Dr. Marks had divine services today. There were present of worship Gen. Warren, Gen. [Hays] Webb Caldwell and Owens with their ladies. [financial records] [illegible] S. Bailey Dr. 2 Pho. .30 [illegible] w. Driton " 3 " .45 Armour Douglass " 1 " 15 Brewen 2nd Brigade Vols. paid 1.00 ------------------------------ Feb. 13, Saturday. Another pleasant day, after mail as usual. In the afternoon visited the Div. hospital, saw several of the men of our regt. there, no news from home. Had a very nice time today, Dr. Marks, Chaplain came to day. Feb.14, Sunday. A very pleasant day, visited the 2nd Brigade and the 108 NYV, found the men well. No news from home, feel very well. Dr. marks had divine services today, there were present at worship Gen. Warren, Gen. Hays, Webb, Caldwell and Owens with their ladies. Chas. S. Bailey, dn 2 pho – 30cts Chas. W. Dixon “ 3 “ 45cts Armour Douglass “ 1 “ 15cts Brewen 2d Brig. Vol. dn 7 paid $1.00 [6.] Note: 6. Charles s. Bailey, 19, pvt. Promoted to Corporal, Co.F, 108th NY Charles B. Dickson, pvt, Co. A, 108th NY Armour Douglas, pvt. Co. D. 1st Delaware Charles Brewen, drummer, 1st Delaware. Gens. Hays and Warren have already been noted earlier. Brigadier General Alexander Stewart Webb (1835-1911) commanded the 2nd Division of the 2nd Corps during Gibbon’s rehabilitation from his wound at Gettysburg. Brigadier General John Curtis Caldwell (1833-1912) commanded 1st Division of the 2nd Corps at Gettysburg but lost his job when the army was reorganized in March,1864. He left the army shortly thereafter. Brigadier General (?) Joshua Thomas Owen,(1821-1887) commanded the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Division in the 2nd Corps during the Overland Campaign but was arrested after Cold Harbor and left the army. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word File.
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