Diary of Private Vinson Holman, March 25, 1862

only last night we discarded our close and found out that the Hospittle was full of Body lice. they had got on most of us. I hear every Hospittle in town are full of them. how they got here God only knows. I don’t

SOURCE: Vinson Holman Diary Exerpts, Pea Ridge National Military Park: https://www.nps.gov/peri/learn/historyculture/vinsonholman.htm accessed November 9, 2026