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Mead family papers, January-May 1865
1865-05-31-Page 02
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It was the Drs. doing & I guess it was for the best, for I was quite unwell & was taking medicine, & dont know as I could have stood it, marching in the hot sun the past 3 days. I had calculated to go to Brownsville when it was taken & did not much like the idea of being left behind. I dont think they have been fighting any though or we would have heard it, for they have artillery along this trip. I am beginning to feel much better now, & am having a very comfortable time, though rather lonesome, as there no whites in camp, but the Hospital Steward, the two sutlers & myself. I look for some of them back to morrow, & then I cant tell whether we shall go to Brownsville or whether the regt will return & finnish the fort, here commenced. You may think it strange, but when I opened your letter & saw those
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It was the Drs. doing & I guess it was for the best, for I was quite unwell & was taking medicine, & dont know as I could have stood it, marching in the hot sun the past 3 days. I had calculated to go to Brownsville when it was taken & did not much like the idea of being left behind. I dont think they have been fighting any though or we would have heard it, for they have artillery along this trip. I am beginning to feel much better now, & am having a very comfortable time, though rather lonesome, as there no whites in camp, but the Hospital Steward, the two sutlers & myself. I look for some of them back to morrow, & then I cant tell whether we shall go to Brownsville or whether the regt will return & finnish the fort, here commenced. You may think it strange, but when I opened your letter & saw those
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