Sunday, October 4, 2026

Diary of 5th Sergeant Lawrence Van Alstyne, Saturday, April 18, 1863

The regiment has gone and I am left. When will I get clear from the hospital? One of the hospital cooks, E. Furguson, died to-day. There are hardly enough men in camp to bury him, only the sick and convalescent being left.

SOURCE:  Lawrence Van Alstyne, Diary of an Enlisted Man, p. 99

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