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1863
July 8th.
below & thought in an agony of apprehension that he was completely surrounded by houses from which their was no outlet such was his first glimpse of the street which the Albanians regard with so much pride.

He was once walking with one of his boyish companions & happened to enquire who lived in a certain house. I don't know but Ill find out said the boy & springing up the steps rang the bell. "Does Mr. Brown live here "yes" said the man who came to the door I am Mr. Brown somewhat taken aback at this information he asked his Christian name. John Brown said the man, Oh the person I wanted to see is Jim Brown a colored man. This did not mend matters & the young scape grace was unceremoniously kicked off the porch.

July 9th.
Went to the Hospital to see Mary Felton, most of the men are convalesing rapidly some few badly wounded, looked dolefull with their confined limbs. Our forces are persuing the Rebels, the river is entirely unfordable but Gen Lee's men are said to be making a bridge near Williamsport. If they do not succeed in crossing we must expect a very terrible battle. 

Sat. 11th.
Mary Felton left this morning her place has been supplied by one of the nurses from Chester Hospital Reports from the upper Patomac give indication that a battle may be fought within 48 hours. Gen Lee has possession of the heights on the Hagerstown

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1863.
July

side of Antietam creek & his headquarters are in the town. There is a rumour tonight that the fighting has commenced. Lee position seems to be strong He is acting now on the defensive, [[strikethrough]] & [[strikethrough]] holds the stone bridge over the Antietam at Funkstown. The banks of the creek in that vicinity are bold & the ravine deep so that it will be difficult for our forces to cross unless we gain possession of the bridge. Stewart Patterson has lost four fingers of his right hand in one of the recent engagements.

Wed. 15th. A visit from Mr. Frank. He had just come from Gettysburg. Said the appearance of the battle field was still too dreadful to be described, numbers of horses lay putrifying in the sun most of the men had been buried, long mounds marking the principal places of interment. Many were buried separately with neat wooden head boards. On one had been nailed the bottom of the man's napsack on which his name had been painted. In the cemetary where the worst part of the fighting had taken place he found the graves of three men from his own village lying side by side. The college building was a hospital for the rebels. He conversed with some of them. They were undiscouraged. The village of Gettysburg was filled with the wounded almost every house was a hospital. The incidents of those terrible three days will [[strikeout never [[strikeout]]  be

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