This is the
anniversary of my advent to this noisy, scheming world of vanity and trouble.
What wonderful changes have taken place on this continent, in the life time of
a little man like me. I will not attempt to write them here; the changes in
myself, are sufficient to keep me constantly in remembrance (without a written
journal) of the changes going on around me. I hope those of the world are more
palpably for the better, than those which I experience. Some malicious
representations have been made in camp, today, as to the condition of my
hospital, and as to my proper disposal of its funds. I have written to the
Brigade Commander, demanding an immediate and thorough investigation. In
consequence of the long time that I could get no settlement with the
Commissary, I advanced for the sick, and the hospital is considerably my
debtor. I hope I shall succeed in getting a thorough examination.
SOURCE: Alfred L.
Castleman, The Army of the Potomac. Behind the Scenes. A Diary of
Unwritten History; From the Organization of the Army, by General George B.
McClellan, to the close of the Campaign in Virginia about the First Day
January, 1863, p. 65
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