Joseph Brown Diary

Monday 17 Morning wet but warm occashionly raining all day received a letter from my friend Doct Carter and one from Rev G. W. Lylsand good man useful to the church indefaticable in his work rote home to my family a messenger comes for me to visit a man in the hospital belongs to Co E but he was sleeping and will not awake him in my tent nearly all day read the Scripture & retired

Tuesday 18th Morning wet and warm my cold no better take Doct Bringert pills to night wrote home to Doct Carter received a letter from Bro Miller encouraging news from home visit the hospitals in Williamsport the man with a cut head still bad Mr Boyd the man i was called on to see yester very low was visited this evening by Sheriff Reynolds from Cecil

Wensday 19 Still warm and cloudy have done but little today very much a day with pain in head and breast Lieu Cornal Hom ex Sheriff Reynolds of Cecil and Lieu Grant took dinner with me visited the Hospital in the afternoon called on Doc Nelson for some medisen in my tent all the evening thank god for his goodness

Thursday 20 was in my tent all day nearly. spent some time in the Col headquarters did not visit the Hospital felt so unwell cold in my head is a little better the pain in my side still remains but not so bad received a letter from Bro Hasson glad to here from him last night the reg called out of bed to march to Hagerstown but orders was revoked so all retired again

Friday 21 weather still unpleasant, in my tent all day recd a letter from my son Thos and one from little Ed Gilmore wrote to Bro Hason and Jane E McCauly Co B & G was called out last night to go to Hagerstown and returned at 5ocl in the morning there are strange calls made sometimes upon a Reg. We think some one blunders did not visit the Hospital to day so im well save little pain in my breast nearly gone thank god

Saturday 22 am considerable better of my cold but in my tent nearly all day trying to get ready for the Sabeth Recd a letter from Doct Carter he is repenting of his sins may the lord bless and Keep him The left wing called out to night doe not know where they went thank God for his goodness to me

Sunday 23 day cold and windy I had a meeting of the drummer boys this morning. Nine of them present I think I can see some little improvement Preached to day standing on one foot Woke up this morning with a severe pain in my left foot could scarcely put it to the floor I doe not know that I have ever had a more acute pain in my life painful all day and no better to night it was with the greatest difficulty I could get to my Preaching place. I preached from John 9 & 35. Very few out to hear the word made arrangements for the observing of Thursday as a day of thanksgiving and prayer as set apart by the the governor of the state of MD

Monday 24 the rhumatism no better in my foot wrote home to my family called in Doctor Nelson to see me he left a prescription for my foot think of going home if my foot does not soon get better by one oclock the pain began to leave it and by night i could of ease my foot to the ground with the weight of my body on it spent the after part of the day in the Col head quarters spent part of the evening with quarter master Touchstone, thank good for his goodness to me I see but little prospect of doing much here in the way of preaching the officers attend preaching but very few of the privates here the word oh the wickedness that abounds here