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51. Spiritual Characters among the Soldiers
EVERY now and then, in hospital or camp, there are beings I meet—specimens of unworldliness, disi...
50. A Silent Night Ramble
October 20th.—TO-NIGHT, after leaving the hospital at 10 o’clock, (I had been on self-imposed dut...
49. Hospitals Ensemble
Aug., Sep., and Oct., ’63.—I AM in the habit of going to all, and to Fairfax seminary, Alexandria...
48. Death of a Wisconsin Officer
ANOTHER characteristic scene of that dark and bloody 1863, from notes of my visit to Armory-squar...
47. Soldiers and Talks
SOLDIERS, soldiers, soldiers, you meet everywhere about the city, often superb-looking men, thoug...
46. Heated Term
THERE has lately been much suffering here from heat; we have had it upon us now eleven days. I go...
45. Abraham Lincoln
August 12th.—I SEE the President almost every day, as I happen to live where he passes to or from...
44. Home-Made Music
August 8th.—TO-NIGHT, as I was trying to keep cool, sitting by a wounded soldier in Armory-square...
43. A New York Soldier
THIS afternoon, July 22d, I have spent a long time with Oscar F. Wilber, company G, 154th New Yor...
42. A Cavalry Camp
I AM writing this, nearly sundown, watching a cavalry company (acting Signal service,) just come ...
41. Battle of Gettysburg
July 4th.—THE WEATHER to-day, upon the whole, is very fine, warm, but from a smart rain last nigh...
40. The Most Inspiriting of All War’s Shows
June 29.—JUST before sundown this evening a very large cavalry force went by—a fine sight. The me...
39. Bad Wounds—The Young
THE SOLDIERS are nearly all young men, and far more American than is generally supposed—I should ...
38. Ambulance Processions
June 25, Sundown.—AS I sit writing this paragraph I see a train of about thirty huge four-horse w...
37. My Preparations for Visits
IN my visits to the hospitals I found it was in the simple matter of personal presence, and emana...
36. Some Specimen Cases
June 18th.—IN one of the hospitals I find Thomas Haley, company M, 4th New York cavalry—a regular...
35. Unnamed Remains the Bravest Soldier
OF scenes like these, I say, who writes—whoe’er can write the story? Of many a score—aye, thousan...
34. A Night Battle, over a Week Since
May 12.—THERE was part of the late battle at Chancellorsville,(second Fredericksburgh,) a little ...
33. The Wounded from Chancellorsville
May, ’63.—AS I write this, the wounded have begun to arrive from Hooker’s command from bloody Cha...
32. A Secesh Brave
THE GRAND soldiers are not comprised in those of one side, any more than the other. Here is a sam...