. War as viewed from the ranks. Personal recollections of the War of the Rebellion, by a private soldier . Leader of the Wagon Train CHAPTER Back to the Regiment. [INAIylyY, one day while at Fairfax Court House,the ambulances drove up and the sick of the hos-pital were all ordered to get in. I saw the doctorand asked him if I must go. Well, said he, you had better go. They cantake better care of you at Washington than wecan give you here. I said : Doctor, that means that you bury me in Wash-ington. He paid, lam afraid so, and, after a moments pause, in whichhe seemed to be lost
. War as viewed from the ranks. Personal recollections of the War of the Rebellion, by a private soldier . Leader of the Wagon Train CHAPTER Back to the Regiment. [INAIylyY, one day while at Fairfax Court House,the ambulances drove up and the sick of the hos-pital were all ordered to get in. I saw the doctorand asked him if I must go. Well, said he, you had better go. They cantake better care of you at Washington than wecan give you here. I said : Doctor, that means that you bury me in Wash-ington. He paid, lam afraid so, and, after a moments pause, in whichhe seemed to be lost in deep thought, he said :You may remain for further orders. The next day he asked me if I knew where my regiment was. I toldhim that I had just been informed that it was lying with the army aboutfour miles west of us. Do you think that you could go out to your regiment?I think I could if I should take my time. Well, here are some papers; you start in the morning, take these toyour surgeon, have him fill them out, and I will see that you get yourdischarge. You would have been at home eer this, if I had been author-ized to fill out th
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