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Creator/Title
Scott, Pembroke S., ca. 1842-1864. Letter, 31 October 1862. ALS, 4 pp.
Call No.
Mss. C S
Content
A private in the 118th Ohio Infantry, Scott writes his mother from Cynthiana, Ky. He describes his recent bout with typhoid fever which forced him to be left behind at a Kentucky residence when his unit advanced. He was taken by wagon to Covington but the military hospitals there were too full. He was then taken to the "Sisters of Charity Hospital" (St. Elizabeth's) in Covington, Ky. He relates that he was "bedfast for 8 or 9 days" but afterwards "improved rapidly." Yet, he complains, he and his comrades were forced to "pay our bill out of our own pocket." He has since returned to duty with his company which guards "Kellies" [Kellers] Bridge at Cynthiana.