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1863-03-27 Page 2
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bed, & sent to the baggage room; then I can find him or his bundle. There are 6 wards Numbered thus Ward A,2,32. is ward A, Section 2, bed 32, and so on B 1 or 2 & C 1 and 2. "A" is the upper, "B" 2d & "C" the lower wards. There is an average of 5 or 6 deaths now daily They are put into fair wooden coffins stained & are taken away by a small boat daily for burial. I find good friends on board and fare pretty well have eat at the same table & same time with Major Strawbridge (the Surgeon in charge) and Major Dewy. They eat first (in the same room) but sometimes are late or busy & eat with us. T he fare is tolerable, ham, beef, potatoes, onions, coffee & tea, & fruit, butter, eggs, pies & puddings when they can get them or stuff to make them. The bread is very good for men cooks. There are 3 Ladies (misses, 30 odd) on board as nurses they tend to providing the little delicacies for the bed sick, while there is a room for those who can walk to eat in. I have had the pleasure of singing once with them, along with Orange and Mr Waldron We are tied up to shore beside a very large & fine plantation, formerly owned by a Mr. Milligan. he has 35 Negro houses, all ranged in 3 rows. his mansion, some distance off, is surrounded by rose bushes & trees of various kinds, the fig among them. grounds well laid out and every thing grass & all green & in bloom (some of them) Well now for the Regiment. I have seen no one from it & heard nothing of it since I left it. We are now
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bed, & sent to the baggage room; then I can find him or his bundle. There are 6 wards Numbered thus Ward A,2,32. is ward A, Section 2, bed 32, and so on B 1 or 2 & C 1 and 2. "A" is the upper, "B" 2d & "C" the lower wards. There is an average of 5 or 6 deaths now daily They are put into fair wooden coffins stained & are taken away by a small boat daily for burial. I find good friends on board and fare pretty well have eat at the same table & same time with Major Strawbridge (the Surgeon in charge) and Major Dewy. They eat first (in the same room) but sometimes are late or busy & eat with us. T he fare is tolerable, ham, beef, potatoes, onions, coffee & tea, & fruit, butter, eggs, pies & puddings when they can get them or stuff to make them. The bread is very good for men cooks. There are 3 Ladies (misses, 30 odd) on board as nurses they tend to providing the little delicacies for the bed sick, while there is a room for those who can walk to eat in. I have had the pleasure of singing once with them, along with Orange and Mr Waldron We are tied up to shore beside a very large & fine plantation, formerly owned by a Mr. Milligan. he has 35 Negro houses, all ranged in 3 rows. his mansion, some distance off, is surrounded by rose bushes & trees of various kinds, the fig among them. grounds well laid out and every thing grass & all green & in bloom (some of them) Well now for the Regiment. I have seen no one from it & heard nothing of it since I left it. We are now
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