I arose this morning much refreshed, got a good breakfast and at 11 o'clock A.M. attended meeting at the Park St. Church. Heard Passable discourse from Q. A. So. Stone from 2nd Co. & 3rd. I spent the P.M. in the Military Room reading & tonight there is quite a crowd here, some with ONE LEG and some with "Empty Sleeves” These rooms are on 76 Kingston Street near Worcester Depot. I find many Maine men here who think they have good treatment. I retire early.
John Wesley Caldwell served the Union Army in Company B, Eighth Maine. He and five of his brothers; Francis, Leonard, Asbury, Philip and Hiram, were volunteers for three years during the war. The latter three never returned, while Leonard came back with a bullet in his lungs which caused his death later. During the last six months of his service to the Union, John Wesley kept a journal, which follows...
Sunday, January 29, 1865
Fair but cold.
I arose this morning much refreshed, got a good breakfast and at 11 o'clock A.M. attended meeting at the Park St. Church. Heard Passable discourse from Q. A. So. Stone from 2nd Co. & 3rd. I spent the P.M. in the Military Room reading & tonight there is quite a crowd here, some with ONE LEG and some with "Empty Sleeves” These rooms are on 76 Kingston Street near Worcester Depot. I find many Maine men here who think they have good treatment. I retire early.
I arose this morning much refreshed, got a good breakfast and at 11 o'clock A.M. attended meeting at the Park St. Church. Heard Passable discourse from Q. A. So. Stone from 2nd Co. & 3rd. I spent the P.M. in the Military Room reading & tonight there is quite a crowd here, some with ONE LEG and some with "Empty Sleeves” These rooms are on 76 Kingston Street near Worcester Depot. I find many Maine men here who think they have good treatment. I retire early.
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