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1863-12-25

Friday 25  A merry Christmas to you!  I had but two hours of sleep this morning.  Immediately before dinner, we received orders to go to Middleton to reinforce that place, since we receive news that General Forrest intended to cross the rail road near that place having been driven from Jackson by our forces.  Shortly after dinner we were on our way thither, on the rail road taking it on foot.  We marched very rapidly and reached Middleton about in an hour and a half after starting.  We found everything quiet there, they did not know of our coming, neither of Forrests’, we took possession of some old cavalry barracks and made ourselves quite comfortable.  We learned, that the Irish company, had a great row last night, several had their faces marked pretty well, and one called “Jeff”, proper name Richard Carpenter, died rather mysteriously.  A board of examiners of which I was president was called to inquire into the cause of his death and other facts of interest connected with it.  We had a post mortem examination of the body, the first one I ever attended.  We found that his death was caused by apoplexy, (euperinduced?)

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Friday 25 A merry Christmas to you! I had but two hours of sleep this morning. Immediately before dinner, we received orders to go to Middleton to reinforce that place, since we receive news that General Forrest intended to cross the rail road near that place having been driven from Jackson by our forces. Shortly after dinner we were on our way thither, on the rail road taking it on foot. We marched very rapidly and reached Middleton about in an hour and a half after starting. We found everything quiet there, they did not know of our coming, neither of Forrests’, we took possession of some old cavalry barracks and made ourselves quite comfortable. We learned, that the Irish company, had a great row last night, several had their faces marked pretty well, and one called “Jeff”, proper name Richard Carpenter, died rather mysteriously. A board of examiners of which I was president was called to inquire into the cause of his death and other facts of interest connected with it. We had a post mortem examination of the body, the first one I ever attended. We found that his death was caused by apoplexy, (euperinduced?)