The Fourteenth and Twentieth Army Corps started on their way
for Washington City. Our corps remained in camp all day. The sick were all sent
down to the wharf to go around by boat to Washington. The doctor had my name
listed for that route, and I started to go, but got a release. I told the
doctor that I should much prefer to march through with my company, if he would
have my knapsack and accouterments carried for me in the wagons. He assured me
that he would have them seen to and told me that I could rejoin my company, for
which I am very thankful.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 274
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