Vincent DeLong's Diary of 1864

Friday, July 1, 1864

weighed anchor at 3 Oclock
and was soon under way
acrossed the bay got into
Washington about 6 and get to
the family (?) Hospital about
9 and got ready to rest at 11
had a rather disagreabal
____ but if I had not bin
hurt (?, the remaining two lines are too smudged to read)

Saturday, July 2, 1864

slept prety late and feal prety
soar and am glad I can injoy
a time of rest sweet rest in
Washington I was glad to see
hnr (?) I bet this time but should
feal hapy if the war was ended and
I no worse of than I am now retur
ning home with no broken limbs
but alas I hav more than ____ years
to serv yet

Sunday, July 3, 1864

dont feal very wel to day hav
a headache Etc... I wrote a letter
jly(?) yesterday to day I wrote some
one else one I am thinking
if I at home tomorow I shoud
hav something good to but
perhaps its for the best I should
ransack around and injure
my wound

Monday, July 4, 1864

the sons of temperance had a
picknick hear to day also the dark
ies had a jubile the diner of
the tabel diet was good to day had
pie and cheas rasons nuts rostunton (?)
Etc I had spesial diet no better than
any other day had splended
fireworks heare to nite I got
to the dore to see some of it
but was glad to get to my bed again

Tuesday, July 5, 1864

rested wel last night feal
prety wel this morn three
men in the ward died this
morn and 9 in this hospital
it is 10 Oclock now one more
in the war during the day died
how many during the day I
realy dont know but cant
aford to loose as many every
day or we wont hav
any patients

Wednesday, July 6, 1864

didnt loose any to day in this
ward and I gues not any in the
hol hospital there is a great many
slight wounds and convilesence
in this hospital at present
a great many of us hav had
our names taken for a transfer
to Philadelphia or N. yorkwe may
go in a day or to and maby not
in 10 days

Thursday, July 7, 1864

I hav nothing worth note
whilst in this Hospital
wound doing tiptop

would like to heare from
home

Friday, July 8, 1864

had an examination some Drs
and furloughed and some to hold
themselves in rediness to go to the
front

Saturday, July 9, 1864

none are granted furloughs
untill the excitement is over
we ar receiving reinforsements
Very fast from diferent
sorses, and some traed troopse
from some sore reported
to be from Loueseana (?)
but cant credet this but it
is known that they
are from some sorse (?)

Sunday, July 10, 1864

all the heavy artillery are sent
to difret forts this morn that
are able considerbal Excitement
prevails teamsters and the noncom
batence are being armed and
sent out to check the advansing
Enemy there are many reports
and severl scaircrows about now
I got a check for som money sent by express