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Title: Facing pages [6-7]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18640106-18640107
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Transcription: [written above date] Hospital near Stevensburgh Va. Fine pleasant day but very cold. Feel much better than usual. Wrote a letter to my Aunt Mercy Tompkins Lev. N.Y. We have very cheering news from all parts in regard to the Rebellion, many are reinlisting daily. Was very hard put for something to do today to pass time cleaned two pair of socks. No news from home. Gen. Hancock is commanding this corps at present. Received from the hospital several luxuries from the Christian Commission. Several of our regt. returned this evening among them Henry Rice of leo G. a member of the Color Guard he was wounded at [Boston] Station. [written above date] Hospital near Stevensburgh Va. Another uneventful day. T'was very cold with some snow in the evening. Feel somewhat better than yesterday. No news from home. Visited Dir. Hd. [Qs.] was introduced to Mrs. [Iillegible] Hays by the General. Dr. Munson was appointed Surgeon in Chief of the 2nd Brigade on account of the absence of Dr. Satterthwait. A soldier in the hospital is indeed to be patient from has nothing to do but eat and sleep a very inglorious way of serving one's country. "Desire not to live long, but to live well; how long we live, not years but actions tell." ------------------------------ Jan.6, Wednesday. Fine pleasant day but very cold, feel much better than usual. Wrote a letter to my aunt Mercy, Tomkins Co. NY. We have cheering news from all fronts in regard to the rebellion. Many are reenlisting daily. Was very hard put for something to do today to pass time, darned two pair of socks. No news from home. Gen. Hancock is commanding the corps at present. [12.] Received from the hospital several luxuries from the Christian Commission. Several of our regt returned this evening, among them Henry Rice of Co. G, a member of the color guard, he was wounded at Bristoe Station. [13.] Jan.7 Thursday. Another uneventful day. Twas very cold with some snow in the evening. Feel somewhat better than yesterday, no news from home. Visited Div.HdQrs, was introduced to Mrs. Genl. Hays by the General. Dr. Munson was appointed Surgeon in Chief of the 2nd Brigade on account of the absence of Dr. Saterwait. [14] A soldier in the hospital is indeed to be pitied for [he] has nothing to do but eat & sleep, a very inglorious way of serving one’s country. “Desire not to live long but to live well. How long we live, not years but actions tell.” [15.] Note: 12. Major General Winfield Scott Hancock (Feb. 1824 - Feb.1886) with the transfer of Maj. Gen. Darius Couch after the Chancellorsville Campaign in May 1863, assumed Couch’s vacated position in command of the 2nd Corps. 13. Henry S. Rice, 20 yrs old, enlisted as pvt. Co G, was promoted to Corporal, March,1863 , was wounded at Bristoe Station on Oct. 14, 1863, then was promoted to sergeant in April 1864 but was wounded again in action at Spotsylvania on May 9, 1864 and finally promoted to 1st Sgt. In Dec. 1864. 14. Dr. Alvin A. Satterthwaite (1838-1872 in July 1862 was appointed as Chief Surgeon of the 12th NJ Infantry with the rank of Major. 15. Rowland Watkyns (1614-1664), Church of England clergyman and poet. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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