I left the camp
to-day, and have determined to make my headquarters at Barnum's Hotel, for a
few days, till I recover some of the strength lost by my sickness and
over-exertion. My ward master, on whom I have mainly to rely for assistance as
a nurse, has been drunk every night, which has made me much extra trouble. Oh
the misery resulting from whisky!
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. 13
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