{"id":13876,"date":"2012-04-24T08:57:15","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T12:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2021-12-05T19:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T00:02:26","slug":"june-8-1864","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/04\/24\/june-8-1864\/","title":{"rendered":"June 8, 1864"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background: white; float: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/files\/2012\/04\/rcs-diary-vol2a-059-c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13751\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/files\/2012\/04\/rcs-diary-vol2a-059-c-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shannon-v2a-p56\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/files\/2012\/04\/rcs-diary-vol2a-059-c-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/files\/2012\/04\/rcs-diary-vol2a-059-c-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/files\/2012\/04\/rcs-diary-vol2a-059-c-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/files\/2012\/04\/rcs-diary-vol2a-059-c.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">[Click image to view]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: white; padding-left: 30px;\">Page 56:<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 58px;\">June<\/span> 8<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 28px;\">This<\/span> a.m. attended my<br \/>\nfirst post mortem Examination.<br \/>\nDr. Brown was chief operator.<br \/>\nRemoved skull + brain. Very<br \/>\nbad congestion on right side<br \/>\ncerebrum. Took out both cere-<br \/>\nbrum + cerebellum. I tried a<br \/>\nfew parallel sections of one<br \/>\nlobe with the knife.<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 28px;\">A<\/span> very fine case.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 28px;\">Maj.<\/span> Gen. Dix +<br \/>\nstaff visited us today, with<br \/>\nfamily. Miss D. said she<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Page 57:<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>was fascinated with my account<br \/>\nof p.m. Examination.<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 88px;\">Laughable.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 28px;\">Gen.<\/span> D. shaking hands<br \/>\nwith me at the wharf said;-<br \/>\n\u201ctell Gen. J that I was sorry<br \/>\nnot to have seen him and that<br \/>\nI am very much gratified<br \/>\nwith appearance of things on<br \/>\nthe Island.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 28px;\">They<\/span> think of making<br \/>\nGen. D. Vice President.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 28px;\">A.<\/span> Lincoln is renominated<br \/>\nfor President.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Page 58:<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Paradis of 5th. wounded.<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 28px;\">Cox<\/span> is hit, too. 40th. Miss.<br \/>\nAnd my tent mate Wead is<br \/>\nkilled. Morris is gone also.<br \/>\nLemont, too. + Harris is<br \/>\nwounded of 5th.<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 28px;\">Thus<\/span> they fight. Did<br \/>\nthe world even witness the<br \/>\nlike?<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 28px;\">Harry<\/span> Stinson, Howards<br \/>\nA.D.C. mortally wounded. Alas<br \/>\npoor Harry! I helped him carry<br \/>\nhis brother up the hill at<br \/>\nBull Run + how brave he was<br \/>\nthrough it all.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-13876\" data-postid=\"13876\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-13876 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; [Click image to view] Page 56: &nbsp; June 8 &nbsp; This a.m. attended my first post mortem Examination. Dr. Brown was chief operator. Removed skull + brain. Very bad congestion on right side cerebrum. Took out both cere- brum + cerebellum. I tried a few parallel sections of one lobe with the knife. 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