p.

Charlie, never having had much
experience, hardly knew what to do.
When I came to myself, I got him
to write & as he seemed to prefer to
write Mary, I thought it would
make no difference. He got leave
of the Surgeon of the Carver to be
with me, & has been, day & night,
most of the time; I am under
very great obligations to him, for
his care of me, ever since I came
up the River; although I should
have had good care here without
him, still he has made it much
more pleasant for me. The Surgeon
who attends me seems to be a very
fine man & I like him much;
the first time he came (we had a
differrent one for a few days at first)

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I was in one of my worst wan-
dering modes & he watched with
me most all night & would not let
Charley, or Mrs. Paine relieve him. I
was all over the country; in E Montpe-
lier, Montpelier Brattleboro, New York
& Washington, but brought up, every
time, with the Surg. putting me back
into [underline]bed[/underline]. I am now having a pretty
fair appetite, with a clear head & am
in hopes to gain more rapidly soon.
There seems to have been much very desper-
ate fighting before the Rebel Capital
resulting, too, as I think in the [underline]defeat[/underline]
of the [underline]Army[/underline] of the [underline]Potomac[/underline], though
the papers try to smoooth it over as a
[underline]victory[/underline]; McClellan is not [underline]strong enough[/underline]
& the sooner the North become aware
of the fact, the better for them.