Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Monday, August 8, 1864

This morning I was put in as head nurse of ward D, hospital number 4. My duty is to direct the nurses in dealing out medicine and attending to the needs of the sick.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 209

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