Friday, October 19, 2012

1862 October 20 Post Hospital

                Post Hospital Oct 20th / 62
Dear Mother
                           Last Thursday I
received 2 letters from home telling
that Maria was failing fast and
Saturday I received one informing
me of her death  The letter that
Jonathan wrote I never received
  Last Friday the Dr came
here to see me and I was gone
to Alexandria but got back
just in time to see him
before he left he gave me a
slight examination but did
not tell me what he thought of
me Saturday Ned came out
again to see me and I asked
him what his Father thought
of me and he said I was not
fit for duty but had no
permanent disease  Ned brought

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me out $5 which came handy
I tell you. When the doctor gets
home let me know what he
thinks of me.  I may possibly
spend the winter in the Old
Bay State as the story is that our
regt is coming home to recruit
I hope it is as I had rather winter
at home than in Va.  the 15th & 21st
are coming home and i hope that
they will send our regt home
but am afraid they wont I
heard the story from a New Yorker
so I place more dependence on it
I still continue the same as ever
There is nothing of any importance
here for news everything jogs
along in the same old quiet way
new arrivals every day and some
sent off that are able to go
I gave Ned an insight into
the way we were treated in
Hospitals and he was surprised

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after all he had read about
how well we were treated at
the various places But I must
close as there is something going
on to day in the way of examining
the men
    From your aff Son
                   Wm Wallace

[Envelope]
Mrs E. Smith
     Newton Lower Falls
           Mass

William Wallace Smith,  22nd Massachusetts
MSS 15360

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