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replenished.—Making Goodies.—Thanksgiving.—Table-cloths and Napkins.—Absence of Mind.—Work for my Hands.—With weak Lungs.—The Cure.—Moving the Hospital.—A Companion once more.—The new Hospital.—Catching the Pigs.—Departure of Dr. Hunt.—Dr. Churchill takes his Place.—Departure of Dr. French.—Kindness of Miss Deborah Lee.—The Spring- time.—Her renovating Spirit
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Our faithful Nurses.— The Nurse's Wife.— Visit to the Soldier Son. — What the Rebellion taught. — Going to Washington. — The Glory of the Capitol. — The silken Fringe. — The cunning Hand. — Does Gold gild Life and Thought. — Fair Faces and jewelled Hands. — Sunny April. — Dying, dying. — Delirious. — "We will be so happy when the War is over." — Taking Home the Dead.
— Our noble Commanders. — Visiting Camp. —May Blossoms. —
Picking Geese. — The defeated Search19
Anxious Thoughts.—Chancellorville.—Northern Invasion. — Excitement in Hospital.—Questionable Loyalty.—Preparing for the Prison Pen.—The Sweep of the Whirlwind.—Army of the Potomac.—Extempore soldiering.—Dying a thousand Deaths.—At last the Earthquake.—Gettysburg.—Searching for Relics.—Burying a Horse.—Visiting the Wounded.—No sudden Shock.
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Beautiful Summer.—The Roast.—"Hide the Pig." —Partaking stolen Sweets.—Death of Private A. M. West.—The desolate Wife.—September Haze.—Longing for Home.—The flying Visit.—Moving to Virginia.—Absorbing Nature of the Work. Waning Autumn.—The Winter Campaign.—Chilly Rains.—Breaking Camp.—"Cheeking" it through.—The puzzled Conductor.—Mason's Island—A November Ride.—The Skeleton Church.—Light Duty
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