Title:

Facing pages [128-129]

Date:

18640507-18640508

[illegible] in the hospital all day and in great pain as the [illegible] is still in me somewhere, at 10 the Surgeon examined me and said my arm should come off but I did not wish it off and refused to allow him to take me to the amputating table, a friend came to me, left Reynold of [illegible] "de" 1st N.Y. and would not allow him to operate on my. [illegible] of the [illegible] of this tend did this. [illegible], we have orders to have everything in [illegible] [illegible] tomorrow. The [illegible], [illegible] put on my back a [illegible]. The [illegible] of the battle get meanerand the woods are of [illegible] how much I [illegible] to be thanked we [illegible] [illegible] I m not [illegible] [illegible]. [written sideways in margin]: in the [illegible] woods we [illegible] ho painful is each [illegible] After jogging along painfully all last night we start again at 10 in the morning on the way [illegible] a [illegible] of [illegible] troop they treated us very well and [illegible] their [illegible] for us. The sound of the battle gets further away, many are dying in the [illegible]. I cannot stand much more. I have to be upon my back and if I wonder when to use my mouth will fall with Blood. How I wish the Bill was out. I can feel it in my back sameway] we are going towards [illegible], [illegible] but [illegible] not [illegible], had some beef [illegible]and much whisky given me. How I long for home.

English

Collection:

Henry O. Nightingale diaries