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George C. Burmeister diary, 1863
1863-08-01 -- 1863-08-04
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August Saturday 1 I am getting no better. Feel very sick. Don't desire to see any body, can't eat anything and am very much dissatisfied. A great many officers are going home on leaves of absence. I do not want to go home unless I remain sick for some weeks, which I hope will not happen. A majority of our Lts have applied for leave. Sunday 2 Am still in bed but notice that I am still improving. Our camp is pleasantly situated in the timber. Lt. C. Kranz has again sent his resignation papers forward. B. Naeve, J. Hemle and H. Irwin left for home this evening, for thirty days. Monday 3 Our lieutenant colonel has sent in his resignation on account of ill health. Nothing of importance is transpiring. The weather is very warm almost intolerable yet we must stand it, I am slowly improving, am glad of it. Tuesday 4. Received some letters and papers from the North. I noticed that the Irish have committed an awful riot in the city of New York, they were guilty of the most brutal excesses. This outbreak was caused by the democratic opposition to the draft. Woe to those men who forced the people into it. May they be forever branded as traitors, and go down to everlasting shame.
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August Saturday 1 I am getting no better. Feel very sick. Don't desire to see any body, can't eat anything and am very much dissatisfied. A great many officers are going home on leaves of absence. I do not want to go home unless I remain sick for some weeks, which I hope will not happen. A majority of our Lts have applied for leave. Sunday 2 Am still in bed but notice that I am still improving. Our camp is pleasantly situated in the timber. Lt. C. Kranz has again sent his resignation papers forward. B. Naeve, J. Hemle and H. Irwin left for home this evening, for thirty days. Monday 3 Our lieutenant colonel has sent in his resignation on account of ill health. Nothing of importance is transpiring. The weather is very warm almost intolerable yet we must stand it, I am slowly improving, am glad of it. Tuesday 4. Received some letters and papers from the North. I noticed that the Irish have committed an awful riot in the city of New York, they were guilty of the most brutal excesses. This outbreak was caused by the democratic opposition to the draft. Woe to those men who forced the people into it. May they be forever branded as traitors, and go down to everlasting shame.
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