Tonight finds me in the hotel at Harper's Ferry waiting for
my leave of absence which I expect tomorrow; arrived last night at 10 o'clock
tired and lame, but not discouraged although my mouth was sore and painful. The
swelling has largely gone, and I can eat a little quite comfortably if the food
is soft, but I couldn't if I wasn't nearly famished. Major Goddard — our
paymaster — paid me today. I expected to have to go to Washington.
SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Personal Recollections
and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 213-4
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