Went out in an
ambulance with Rev. Dr. D., Mr. E. and Mrs. H., Iowa State Agent, to hear the
first named gentleman preach to a portion of the fifth, I think,
Ohio Cavalry. They are camped on the Achlen estate. Saw a tree called the Red
Bud and the mistletoe for the first time. The last grew on an elm. Secured
specimens of each for pressing. Was indebted for the same to politeness of a
gentleman who sported one bar.
Attended service
also this morn and eve at Union Church; Rev. Mr. Allen officiated in the
morning and Rev. Mr. Cramer this eve. The last is a young man and
brother-in-law of General Grant.
SOURCE: Elvira J.
Powers, Hospital Pencillings: Being a Diary While in Jefferson General
Hospital, Jeffersonville, Ind., and Others at Nashville, Tennessee, as Matron
and Visitor, pp. 59-60
