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Title: Facing pages [130-131]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18640509-18640510
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Transcription: We continued our journey all night and until 1PM this day when we came in sight of [illegible] [illegible] soon as we arrived in the city I was to the and corp Hospital and there I had my wound drained for the first time and the [illegible] [illegible] from my back the Dr. says I was right in not allowing my arm to be taken off. and says he thinks it will all right in a few months this is [illegible]. I now [illegible] there we served [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] and many of this 2nd corp we were put in the Episcopal Church. my wound is less painful but the [illegible] [illegible] in the Episcopal Church all day I looked hard as there were very many holes were shell had passed through, had my wound drained and was glad to find my [illegible] take many of the line off as we have [illegible] very heavy [illegible] of the line officer and both [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] and [illegible]. at twelve had beef tea and a few crackers and at four o'clock started again in the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Belle [illegible]. Oh how painful it is to ride upon our back but I strive to be as patient as possible it is only 9 miles the [illegible] are very plentiful On the way but I hope they will not [illegible]us. We have stopped for the night 6 miles for the [illegible] on account of [illegible]. ------------------------------ May 9, Monday. We continued our journey all night and until 1 pm this day when we came in sight of Fredericksburg, as soon as we arrived in the city I was carried to the 2nd Corps hospital and there I had my wound dressed for the first time and the ball taken from my back. The Dr. says I was right in not allowing my arm to be taken off and says he thinks it will be allright in a few months. This is cheerful news for me. There are several thousand wounded here and many of the 2nd Corps were put in the Episcopal Church. [7.] My wound is less painful but the maggots are in it. There are several of the 108th here – can still hear the battle. May 10, Tuesday. Lay in the Episcopal Church all day, it looked hard as there were very many holes where shells had passed through, had my wound dressed & was glad to find my Colonel & also many of the line officers. We have lost very heavily, 9 of the line officers and both Col. & Lt.Col. and ADJT. [8.] At twelve had some beef tea and a few crackers and at four o’clock started again the wagons for Belle Plain. Oh! How painful it is to ride upon ones back, but I strive to be patient as possible, it is only 9 miles. The guerillas are very plentiful on the way but I hope they will not molest us. We have stopped for the night 6 miles from the Plain on account of guerillas. [9.] Note: 7. The Episcopal church is St. George’s Church built in 1849 and located at the intersection of Princess Anne and George St. on the NW corner. The comment about the maggots is typical since they did not realize that maggots got rid of the necrotic tissue and aided the healing process. 8. Colonel Charles J. Powers ; Lt. Col. Francis Edwin Pierce; Adjutant Lt. Theron Parsons; Captain Sam Porter, Co. F; 2nd Lt. Conrad Englehardt, Co. I ; 2nd Lt. Simeon Howard, Co.B ; Lt. Travis Wells, Co. A ; 1st Sgt. William H. Raymond, Co. A ; 1st Sgt. Andrew Boyd, Co. H. 9. Since the movement to Belle Plain took them through the area of partisan activity known as ‘Mosby’s Confederacy’, the guerillas were probably members of the 43rd Btn.Virginia Cavalry aka Mosby’s Raiders or Rangers. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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