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51. Spiritual Characters among the Soldiers

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EVERY now and then, in hospital or camp, there are beings I meet—specimens of unworldliness, disi...

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50. A Silent Night Ramble

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October 20th.—TO-NIGHT, after leaving the hospital at 10 o’clock, (I had been on self-imposed dut...

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49. Hospitals Ensemble

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Aug., Sep., and Oct., ’63.—I AM in the habit of going to all, and to Fairfax seminary, Alexandria...

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48. Death of a Wisconsin Officer

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ANOTHER characteristic scene of that dark and bloody 1863, from notes of my visit to Armory-squar...

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47. Soldiers and Talks

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SOLDIERS, soldiers, soldiers, you meet everywhere about the city, often superb-looking men, thoug...

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46. Heated Term

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THERE has lately been much suffering here from heat; we have had it upon us now eleven days. I go...

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45. Abraham Lincoln

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August 12th.—I SEE the President almost every day, as I happen to live where he passes to or from...

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44. Home-Made Music

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August 8th.—TO-NIGHT, as I was trying to keep cool, sitting by a wounded soldier in Armory-square...

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43. A New York Soldier

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THIS afternoon, July 22d, I have spent a long time with Oscar F. Wilber, company G, 154th New Yor...

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42. A Cavalry Camp

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I AM writing this, nearly sundown, watching a cavalry company (acting Signal service,) just come ...

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41. Battle of Gettysburg

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July 4th.—THE WEATHER to-day, upon the whole, is very fine, warm, but from a smart rain last nigh...

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40. The Most Inspiriting of All War’s Shows

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June 29.—JUST before sundown this evening a very large cavalry force went by—a fine sight. The me...

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39. Bad Wounds—The Young

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THE SOLDIERS are nearly all young men, and far more American than is generally supposed—I should ...

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38. Ambulance Processions

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June 25, Sundown.—AS I sit writing this paragraph I see a train of about thirty huge four-horse w...

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37. My Preparations for Visits

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IN my visits to the hospitals I found it was in the simple matter of personal presence, and emana...

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36. Some Specimen Cases

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June 18th.—IN one of the hospitals I find Thomas Haley, company M, 4th New York cavalry—a regular...

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35. Unnamed Remains the Bravest Soldier

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OF scenes like these, I say, who writes—whoe’er can write the story? Of many a score—aye, thousan...

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34. A Night Battle, over a Week Since

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May 12.—THERE was part of the late battle at Chancellorsville,(second Fredericksburgh,) a little ...

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33. The Wounded from Chancellorsville

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May, ’63.—AS I write this, the wounded have begun to arrive from Hooker’s command from bloody Cha...

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32. A Secesh Brave

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THE GRAND soldiers are not comprised in those of one side, any more than the other. Here is a sam...

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