I was visited by my Colonel to-day. He introduced the subject of reducing my hospital force. I was extra-polite, and replied that I had not ...

We heard heavy firing this morning, from the direction of the city, which we at first thought must be fighting going on there, but which we ...

My father is to-day decidedly worse than he has been since my arrival. I wrote to Mr. Theobald this morning that there was but little or no ...

Fort Hill 10th April 1849 MY DEAR DAUGHTER, I had a safe and pleasant journey home. The weather was pleasant and Spring was rapidly advanc...

Coming cool weather and it braces me right up. Sailors are going away to be exchanged. Ate some sweet potato to-day, and it beats everythin...

Four in each tent. A nurse raises me up, sitting posture, and there I stay for hours, dozing and talking away. Whiskey given us in very sma...

Civil War Pharmacy: A History, 2nd Edition By Michael A. Flannery When the Civil War began, the U.S. pharmaceutical industry was co...

Helped about the meat and bread. My back gets worse. Mason has given me some liniment which he warrants sure cure. Invited to Mr. Rice'...

We are all troubled with heart-burn, sour stomach, &c. Drink weak lye made from ashes for it. Every day some new ones come inside, but ...

Took a blue pill and three quinine powders during the day. Kept very quiet. Went to bed early and rested well. Still did my usual duties. L...

Letter to General Lee goes this morning, probably. Another wretched, painful, weary day. Mustard poultice on bowels this morn. Never passed...

Beautiful Sabbath morning, 11 A. M. I wonder if they are at church now at home. It must have been an anxious week for them, but they don...

August 17, 1862   . . . I must answer your letter a little. Neither you nor I understand war nor medicine ; but of medicine we know eno...

What a rush of visitors last night! One would imagine they had all come by appointment, expressly to have an impromptu dance, which they ce...

I was interrupted yesterday morning by Mrs. Badger, who wished to apply a few dry cups to my back, to which I quietly submitted, and was un...

I think I grow no better rapidly. Fortunately on Wednesday night they succeeded in turning me over; for my poor elbows, having lost all the...

Lawrence says Miss Chesnut is very proud of the presence of mind and cool self-possession she showed in the face of the enemy. She lost, af...

We remained in camp all day. 1 It rained most of the day. No news of any importance. _______________ 1 I had been suffering with th...

April 18, 1864. . . . The General has been reviewing troops to-day. I did not go out with him, but shall to-morrow. By the latest i...

Clark County has always been considered one of the healthiest localities in the state; in fact, the healthiest in the West.   In by-gone da...