A week ago I was called to Camp Jackson to nurse –––, who
has been very sick there. The hospital is very extensive, and in beautiful
order. It is under the supervision of Surgeon Hancock, whose whole soul seems
engaged in making it an attractive home to the sick and wounded. The beautiful
shade-trees and bold spring are delightful to the convalescents during this
warm weather. Fast-day was observed there with great solemnity. I heard a
Methodist chaplain preach to several hundred soldiers, and I never saw a more
attentive congregation.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 237
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