Journal of Surgeon Alfred L Castleman.

Journal of Surgeon Alfred L. Castleman.

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10th.–Fell back to-day about a mile and a half out of reach of enemy’s shells. Patience and endurance of everything, without expression of thought, can scarcely be considered a virtue, even in a military subordinate. The Western Army is all activity and execution. No. 10 taken, Beauregard whipped on his own ground, all our armies [...]

Journal of Surgeon Alfred L Castleman.

Journal of Surgeon Alfred L. Castleman.

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6th.–Accompanied the Brigade to-day on a reconnoisance. Frequent skirmishes with small bodies of the enemy. One man in Company F received a slight flesh wound in the thigh –the first blood spilt by our Regiment in the cause. We encamped to-day near “Lee’s Mill,” on the narrow neck of land spoken of yesterday, and about [...]

Journal of Surgeon Alfred L Castleman.

Journal of Surgeon Alfred L. Castleman.

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March 22nd.–Ordered this morning to Washington to look up hospital stores and boxes, which are scattered “to the four winds.” This is the first time since the organization of the Regiment that it has moved without my personally superintending the packing and forwarding of the hospital stores, and the first time they have got scattered. [...]

Journal of Surgeon Alfred L Castleman.