{"id":13873,"date":"2012-04-19T10:22:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T14:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2021-12-05T19:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T00:02:26","slug":"march-25-29-1864","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/04\/19\/march-25-29-1864\/","title":{"rendered":"March 25 – 29, 1864"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Harts<\/span> Island N.Y.H.
\nMarch<\/span> 25. 1864<\/p>\n

Jimmie<\/span> Commands a
\nsquadron of cavalry in Tennesee [sic]
\nhaving been commissioned Captain
\nby Gov. Johnson [?].
\nI<\/span> am sill A.A.G. of this
\nrendezvous.
\nWhen<\/span> I go to the field no
\none knows
\nU<\/span>.S. Grant Lieut. Genl.<\/p>\n

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Henrickson<\/span> is an Ensign on
\nboard Frigate Savannah.<\/p>\n

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Harts<\/span> Island N.Y.H.
\nle<\/span> dix neuf Mars mil
\nhuit<\/span> cent soixante quatre<\/p>\n

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J’ai<\/span> beaucoup d\u2019\u00e9scrit aujourd\u2019hui,
\net je suis tr\u00e8s fatigu\u00e9 ce soir. Mon
\nami le premier lieutenant Male
\nrevient de la ville de New York
\npar le bateau \u00e1 vapeur ce
\nsoir avec beaucoup de baggatelles [sic]
\npour mon bureau, chandeliers
\ncrachoirs, et les numer\u00f3s [sic] pour
\nles quartiers des officiers.
\nAvec<\/span> mes amis le
\nCapitaine Silis, mon instructeur
\nen fran\u00e7ais, et le premier lieutenant
\nChamberlain je me suis promen\u00e8
\nce soir. Nous portons avec nous<\/p>\n

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nos pistolets et nous essayons
\nd\u2019atteindre la cible \u00e0 la distance
\nde quinze pas. Seul j\u2019ai r\u00e9ussi.
\nC\u2019est assez
\nAu<\/span> revoir.<\/p>\n

Le<\/span> vingt Mars mil
\nhuit<\/span> cent soixante trois
\n[quatre]<\/span>
\nJ\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 New Rochelle
\naujourd\u2019hui, et j\u2019ai pass\u00e9
\nle temps tr\u00e8s agr\u00e9ablement.
\nLe premier lieutenant Male,
\nmon cher ami, m\u2019accompaquait [?].
\nLe capitaine Nilis, mon autre<\/p>\n

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ami, est all\u00e9 \u00e0 New York.
\nLe g\u00e9n\u00e9ral aussi va \u00e0 N.Y.
\nLe ciel est obscur. Nous
\navons essay\u00e9 d\u2019aller \u00e0 l\u2019eglise;
\nmais nous n\u2019avons pas r\u00e9ussi
\nen trouvent l\u2019eglise avant
\nla fin du service. Nous
\nvisitons un etablissement appel\u00e9
\nle Priory o\u00f9 les mademoiselles
\n\u00e9tudient. Mais nous voyons les
\nmademoiselles seulement \u00e0 le
\nfen\u00eatre. Nous voyons le lac, le
\npont rustique, le grosse pierre,
\net la petite \u00e9glise.
\nLe<\/span> G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Stanard arrive
\n\u00e0 l’\u00eele ce soir par le bateau<\/p>\n

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a vapeur “Burden”. Il y a un
\nchemin de fer passant pr\u00e8s
\nde New Rochelle qui joint
\nles villes de New York et de
\nBoston.<\/p>\n

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Le<\/span> vingt et un, mil
\nhuit<\/span> cent soixante quatre.<\/p>\n

J’ai<\/span> et\u00e8 au bureau un
\npeu aujourd\u2019hui. Quand j\u2019ai
\nfini mon dejeuner je me
\nsuis promen\u00e9 au bout de
\nl\u2019\u00eele : parce que j\u2019aime l’air du<\/p>\n

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martin. C\u2019est bon pour notre
\nsant\u00e8. Je porte tousjours mon
\npistolet avec moi pour tuer,
\ns\u2019il est possible, des oisseaux,
\nles canards, qui sont sur
\nla vive pr\u00e8s du rivage, et
\ndont [?] il y a une immense quantit\u00e9
\nici. Je pense que nous les trions
\nbient\u00f4t, quand nous aurons les
\nfusils.<\/p>\n

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Le<\/span> vingt quatre, mil huit
\ncent<\/span> soixante quatre<\/p>\n

Ce<\/span> soir avec le premier
\nlieutenant Male je suis all\u00e9
\npour tuer les canards. Nous
\nportions trois fusils et une
\ngrande quantit\u00e9 de munition.
\nIl y a une bonne quantit\u00e9
\nd\u2019oisseaux et nous avons en
\nbeaucoup d\u2019occasions de teur.
\nMais<\/span> nous me reuss\u00fbmes [?] pas. Pourquoi
\npas? Je ne sais pas. C\u2019est obscur,
\net inconnu.
\nJ’ai<\/span> commenc\u00e9 a lire un<\/p>\n

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livre magnifique que l\u2019on appelle
\n“Le vie de Patrick Henry par Wist.”
\nJe l\u2019aime. C\u2019est tres interessante.
\nJ\u2019ecrit, ce soir, une lettre \u00e0
\nmon ami M. Boothby de le
\nville de Biddeford.<\/p>\n

29<\/span>
\nYesterday<\/span> with Male
\nI rode in the barge to New R.
\nand then we hired a team, to
\ngo to Westchester. To see our
\nkind friends the Brownses.
\nNoyes<\/span> suddenly appeared
\nComing home got lost on the<\/p>\n

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road, dogs barked furiously
\nlost whip in efforts to chastise
\nthem, stopped carriage to hunt
\nfor it, couldn\u2019t find it, kind
\nhearted woman came out to
\nhelp me, light extinguished
\ntwice, and the second time
\npoor woman fell + broke
\nchimney to the lamp, and
\nthen she ran off up the
\nroad to the \u201cneighbors\u201d and
\nborrowed a lantern, and
\nthen we found the whip, +
\nI thanked the woman, and
\nasked the name of this kind
\nwoman, + she replied<\/p>\n

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Mrs. Devine + I replied
\nCertainly<\/span> not human + surely
\na sister to Florence Nightingale.<\/p>\n

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I<\/span> am going to buy her a
\nlamp + send it to her. God
\nbless her.<\/p>\n

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Still<\/span> reading \u201cMartin Chez\u201d
\n+ believe Tom Pinch the best
\nfellow ever put in print.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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