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18640221-18640222
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A very beautiful day. No services of Hd. Qrs. today wrote to mother no news from home. Feel very well the small pox has broken out in Camp three Negroes have been taken with it and immediately sent to the [Rest] house in Washington. Very fine day no news from home. Grand Ball of Corps Hd Qrs. given in honor of Washington's Birthday. The Rebels fired a [salute] today in his honor. [financial records] Nathan Brinckley Dr. 1.75 ------------------------------ Feb. 21, Sunday. A very beautiful day. No services at HdQrs to day. Wrote to mother, no news from home, feel very well. The small pox has broken out in camp, three negroes have been taken with it and immediately sent to the rest house in Washington. Feb.22, Monday. Very fine day, no news from home. Grand Ball at Corps HdQrs given in honor of Washington’s birthday. The rebels fired a salute to day in his honor. Nathan Brinckley Dn 1.75. 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 Unpublished manuscript, 2014.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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