| 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.
These “Notes” need no introduction. They were jotted down, from day to day, as a private journal, and are printed only at the instance of friends. The undersigned greatly mistakes if they are not welcomed as an accession to our literature. On every page they betray a large and elegant culture, and what is better, they manifest a profound sympathy in all that is human, and a keen insight into nature and into man’s heart. Felicities of thought and expression abound, vivid pictures of incidents and life-like sketches of character. They are full of spirit, of wisdom, and of right feeling.