NOTES OF HOSPITAL LIFE FROM NOVEMBER, 1861, TO AUGUST, 1863. “Je viens de faire un ouvrage.” “Comment! un livre?” “Non; pas un livre; je ne suis pas si bête!” PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. 1864. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. CONTENTS. PAGE DEDICATION, v INTRODUCTION BY BISHOP POTTER, vii PREFACE, xi INTRODUCTION, 17 OUR DAILY WORK, 23 A MORNING AT THE HOSPITAL, 38 THE TWO ARMIES, 43 THE CONTRAST, 47 BROWNING, 63 BROWN, 69 DARLINGTON, 75 “LITTLE CORNING,” 93 GAVIN, 105 CHRISTMAS AT THE U. S. A. HOSPITAL, ----, ----, 114 POOR JOSÉ, 128 ROBINSON, 139 THE RETURN TO THE REGIMENT, 157 A VISIT TO THE WARDS, 168 OUR GETTYSBURG MEN, 193 TO THE PRIVATES OF THE Army of the United States; WHOSE DARING IN DANGER; PATIENCE IN PRIVATION; SELF-SACRIFICE IN SUFFERING; AND LOYALTY IN LOVE FOR THEIR COUNTRY, HAVE GIVEN TO THE WORLD A NOBLE EXAMPLE, WORTHY OF ALL IMITATION, These Notes are affectionately Dedicated, BY ONE WHOSE PRIVILEGE IT IS TO HAVE BEEN PERMITTED TO MINISTER TO THE SICK AND WOUNDED AMONG THEM, IN ONE OF OUR CITY HOSPITALS. INTRODUCTION.