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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1861
Page
4
Correspondence from Jour Urrexv in Racine dated December 11 recounts letters about writing a “brint article” for Uronscript, visits to the University, impressions of Milwaukee, and enlistment pay details. KE notes include troop movements, recruiting officers, and updates on the 9th Regiment.
An extract from a brother’s letter from Hanns Hist Va in late November describes a region scarred by conflict. Most houses remain standing but repurposed as hospitals, with a gentleman’s country residence used by the Union as a government rental. Weather there is usually pleasant despite devastation.
A wartime nurse or physician writes of cold nights, crowded tents, measles, typhoid, and fever among troops. He laments hard duty, suspects feigned illness, and notes horrific army profanity. Six soldiers died from camp diseases as Grand Review memories fade under war’s grim costs.
Uriumscript correspondence from Camp at Racine Wisconsin December reports delayed pay and Treasury shortages delaying muster out. Soldiers recall home ties Samp Utley and Lake Michigan while guarding routines resume. A wreck of illness including measles spreads unease as a farmer soldier teeters on insanity and a man drowns himself but is saved. McCoy and Bunn recover their health while guard humor and discipline mingle with weary resignation.
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