The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-12-03
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evening II balf pa.ts o',isek. erm H..
to llse R'e.ueeial lio laml O. cab /
was indicted .i,k. wa. as.i1cl ., iwoat
oar Caml4n, weak, amsra &, tad
cough ! lsse haA .nNc had iimt Bal
l{nu iron alurr .,n d isli. Is Camp Ad
,ance, on iic "a day alter Nr ARRIVED ~
Washington | Lave before stated We
marched most . the wa n a dptchias
psii,, -, psry eei, tsretl, urd .wcty, aud
W. tay duwn, alou | ! o'rin,k III night, un
the vel ground antl.mosi Of Us lotk eo.,ls
1T which We Nrrc hoarse as Griffin. Bat-
terry. have Q nghed ever siaee. mueh
It tie time cou- he'll 50 honr-e rs almost to
jar The ground. Thus have rinacndrd
- that ! am now Ii tie more llian the
shadow OF wlai you see me in Maneh,s-
Ter This cough Sas the cause OF my
sickness which cal brain ieyrr; suffer
ed as intense ain for six days and night
as The most vivid imagination can conceive.
feared should become insane or de-
memcd. f.iiher, | dreaded more than
death, rs hav, seen Two insane and two
perfectly blank minds, or minus any mind
Indeed one OF our Regiment lay ~ Hos
pltal n"ar camp, IN my view vile had lost
his en,irv reason o my God, what u re.
volling sight, hope | mi! never again Wit
ness the like, Bun cnoug, OF this. Mon
day, Two weeks ago, ! arrived at the L.
S. Hospital, IN Georgetown, | iold Dr..
kenrdy how had been and what ! ear
eel; llc told me, can assure you ] can
save YOU. don't fear, nnd after examining
NE closely he prescribed tor me; took
tie prescriptions. and IN fifteen minutes |
ell better and assured rlouii recover.
1t is now two weeks since look Kennedy 5
first prescription. and to-day | am well Us
any man IA our Company, save, think,
my bare body would moi Of itself exceed
20 pounds in weight. But lhhk am
rs free from any s,ase, except the germ
of consumption; am perfectly cheerful
and happy; well in body and spirit rs
Paul was when he says, TO depart and be
with Christ would bc far better tlan 10
stay on This side. All ! need now is time
and food 10 make up what have lost,
viz. SO pounds OF meat and muscle. This
: shall gain IN time, it the hacking cough
have does not lead TO quick con-ump.
tion. This now would send me over Jor-
dan by express. Rul have greai hope
AMI no fear, as feel prepared for any
evem thai my bide me. Still, with The
devotion ] feed Tor Capt, Dudley and 9th
rr officers, would. it he j. 10 engage the
- beis, like ~ be Instrumental IN GROWING
The Captain and OR Company with a
wreath oil military glory. large and ,ndnl-
ing as our cause, which i rs deep rooted
in justice as is broad and magnificent the
Throne OF the Eternal. do feel Il deto.
lion TO the Ca, tam and ,ffrers. alno.
equal to the cause avn pledged IL faith
and hope 10 defend. respect him as a
dignifed fiieer and most kind, sympa.
lhi1iig soul. Never in this lie, and ]
hope in tie higher, VIII my spirit forget
the expression. Of cody sympathy towards
me and Others Of his command. | have
seen him in more instances than one, at
early morn bending over the suffering
specimen Of a soldier whom il was his
province TO command. Aud with what
emotion of spirit did | welcome the goodiy
countenancc Of my Captain, when IN hos
pital nearly dead ef weakness, he took my
hand and expressed as few can. deep,
heartfelt sympathy. which caused my in
ner soul to feel flat | was in the presence
Of a good friend.
Now to give you my experience in the
: hospital. was treated very kindly by
, our surgeon and his assistant At our X gi-
, mental hospital, where remained 6 days
, in lie greatest agony, as my sickness was
viol,nt aud pain intense. They gave me,
Sunday night, anody ne or opium. which
alhayrd the pain. and fell as ! suspend d
about four feel above the Earth; the air
vas bland and an azure light seemed "a
per,adc the vast plain, the most vast and
beautiful tie Imagination ran conceive.
II this medium | was seemingly suspend
! ed and waited by invisible power about
f Ct enber way. Ny mind and body was
in the most ecs;aiic condition imaginab &
fell little easier. and kept in spirit the
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