31st.—The booming of cannon, at no very distant point, thrills us with apprehension. We know that a battle is going on. God help us! Now let every heart be raised to the God of battles. Evening.—General Johnston brought in wounded, not mortally, but painfully, in the shoulder. Other wounded are being brought in. The fight [...]
MAY 31st.—Everybody is upon the tip-toe of expectation. It has been announced (in the streets!) that a battle would take place this day, and hundreds of men, women, and children repaired to the hills to listen, and possibly to see, the firing. The great storm day before yesterday, it is supposed, has so swollen the [...]
Saturday, 31st–There was still some fighting today with the fleeing rebels, and we took some prisoners, but the main part of the army had too much of a start on us. The Eleventh Iowa received four months’ pay today. I drew $53.00. We had to make settlement at this time for all clothing purchased.
May 31st. I was interrupted so frequently yesterday that I know not how I continued to write so much. First, I was sent for, to go to Mrs. Brunot, who had just heard of her son’s death, and who was alone with Dena; and some hours after, I was sent for, to see Fanny, now [...]
31st. Saturday. Wrote a short letter to Uncle. Issued seven days’ rations. The Major bought a mess box, $18, a splendid one. Received a letter from home.
Charles William Woolsey to New York Evening Post. Sanitary Commission, Floating Hospital, Pamunkey River, Off White House, Va., May 31, 1862. The work of the Sanitary Commission, as connected with the army of the Potomac, is just at this time, as you doubtless know, a most important and indispensable one. More than two thousand sick [...]
29th, 30th and 31st.–I am still too unwell to resume charge of this hospital, and as I hear of no action in the army, I have nothing to record.