warmer -- snow melts -- busy helping make arrangements for
sick -- Young ^'Nicholson' whom I saw dying -- is dead -- his bro. is down with
measles. Moved Col. [Enoch J.] Ayres into a house, fitted up for hospital --
Met an excellent Chapl of 16th Mass -- great experience thorough temperance
devoted, pious excellent gentlemanly man. At dress parade
I presented a sword &c to Col. D[errom]. for his Employees.
Another death at that Emory Hospital. Thos. Beckwith Co. F of measles.
wrote his mother -- Sudden -- his Co. will send body home --
Capt. B -- called -- under conviction talked & prayed with him. Had
promised his dying sister he would be ready to follow her --
a year & more ago -- felt more deeply since came to Regt.
then before -- W. also called talked & prayed with him.
We have all measles cases in one Hos. tent & other sick in
Hos. house -- more comfortable -- It is 11 P.M. we go on
picket tomorrow at 8 -- without shelter tents for two days
Letter fr. M.H. & fine map of Va. fr. Mr. [Julius Erasmus?] Hilgard
The Rev. Arthur B. Fuller was chaplain of the 16th Massachusetts
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