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The boys in white

Chapter 20: Transcriber’s Notes
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About This Book

A first-person journal recounts the author's three years as a hospital agent in and around Washington during the American Civil War, prompted by the wounding and death of a close relative. It blends day-to-day duties—caring for wounded men, distributing relief supplies, and coordinating with state relief societies, the Christian Commission, and the Sanitary Commission—with vivid ward scenes, camp visits, and cemetery reflections. Entries document administrative challenges, acts of compassion, soldiers' resilience, and gratitude toward fellow volunteers and officials, offering both practical details of wartime medical relief and contemplative observations on duty, loss, and the moral worth of those who served.

Transcriber’s Notes

Punctuation and spacing errors have been fixed.

Page 13: “silence prevaits” changed to “silence prevails”

Page 50: “and sufferring” changed to “and suffering”

Page 54: “Thansgiving day” changed to “Thanksgiving day”

Page 60: “an authorative manner” changed to “an authoritative manner”

Page 128: “I relate his” changed to “I relate this”

Page 158: “General Custar’s carriage” changed to “General Custer’s carriage”

Page 173: “no communication tion” changed to “no communication”

Page 185: “of of the great” changed to “of the great”

Page 216: “sacred momentoes” changed to “sacred mementoes”

Page 234: “to go the new” changed to “to go to the new” “bank of the Appomatox” changed to “bank of the Appomattox”

Page 246: “Coal Harbor” changed to “Cold Harbor”

Page 256: “many iwll rise” changed to “many will rise”

Page 267: “the the closing paragraph” changed to “the closing paragraph”