1862 July 9 Harrisons Landing, Va.

[from the diary of Jonathan B. Hager of the 14th U.S. Regulars as copied and annotated by him at a later date]

July 9  Not well to day & ordered on sick list by the doctor.
           the water here was miserably bad & induced summer
           complaints.  My diarrhea increased in intensity &
           I became very sick & debilitated to such an degree that
           I had to apply for a sick leave.  My first appli-
           cation was disapproved-- I again applied and on
           the 8th of August I obtained a leave of twenty days.


Hager will resume his account on August 9th


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