Sunday, October 4, 2026

Diary of 5th Sergeant Lawrence Van Alstyne, April 30, 1863

Walter Loucks has returned to camp and looks well. He feels some sore from sleeping on a board, after his stay in the hospital, but that will wear off. General Dow has cleared the peddlers out of camp and torn down some shanties near, where pies, etc., were sold. My throat has got sore again and I must get Dr. Andrus to fix it up. We have had marching orders a couple of times, but each time they were countermanded.

SOURCE:  Lawrence Van Alstyne, Diary of an Enlisted Man, p. 101

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