. A grandfather's oft told tales of the civil war, 1861-1865 . nt fever, no doubt contracted in SouthCarolina, and on September i, with the other sick, wassent to Washington, D. C, on a hospital boat and reachedClifbourne Hospital, just east of Rock Creek and northof Calvert Street, N. W., near the site of which myfamily now lives. Wliile in this hospital I received the ministering atten-tions of Sister Martha, a Catholic nun, who was an angelof mercy and goodness to me. I remained in the hospitalfor about three weeks, when at my own request I wastransferred to Camp Convalescent, Alexandria, V
. A grandfather's oft told tales of the civil war, 1861-1865 . nt fever, no doubt contracted in SouthCarolina, and on September i, with the other sick, wassent to Washington, D. C, on a hospital boat and reachedClifbourne Hospital, just east of Rock Creek and northof Calvert Street, N. W., near the site of which myfamily now lives. Wliile in this hospital I received the ministering atten-tions of Sister Martha, a Catholic nun, who was an angelof mercy and goodness to me. I remained in the hospitalfor about three weeks, when at my own request I wastransferred to Camp Convalescent, Alexandria, Va. About October 20th I rejoined the regiment at Pleas-ant Valley, Md., where I witnessed some forms of severepunishment meted out to men for various offenses. Oneman had the left half of his head shaved; another had abarrel with the heads knocked out placed around him, theword Thief painted thereon, and was marched aroundcamp. Others were bound to the wheels of the gun car-riage—Spread Eagle—and others dragged a big can-non ball chained to their legs. 6. GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE TALES OF THE CIVIL WAR On October 26th, 1862, the army crossed the Potomacinto Virginia on a pontoon bridge. A pontoon bridge ismade of large flat bottomed boats anchored at both ends,with planks laid from boat to boat then covered withearth, or brush, to deaden the sounds of the crossingarmy. After crossing we marched through the rain tonear Lovettsville, Va. The general issued an order thatprivate property must be respected and we must not bumfences. As we needed hot coffee when chilled and rain-soaked our good Colonel Welsh said we might take thetop rail of the fence for fuel. Of course, when we tookthe top rail the next rail in its turn became the top railand thus we carried away the entire fence; we took strawfor bedding from the farmers stack, so the generals or-der became a nullity. We marched on to Philomont, where we had a brushwith the rebel cavalry under General Ashby. We proceeded by way
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