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Brown: September 22, 1862


Fairfax Seminary Hospital VA Sept 22nd 1862

Kind Sister Frankey

It has been a long time since I have herd from you or written even to any of my friends but to day I feel some better & will try to write to you --- I am sick in Pen Hospital & have been for some time & Steve Jenkins is here with me he is prety sick as well as myself I dont know where the Regt is & I dont care yet A while for it will be one & perhps two months before I shall get out of here & purhaps not then but I hope to in that time the 9th of this month there was 500 men brought here from Bull Run wounded had lain there 10 days without any care whatsoever their wounds were Rotten it was an awful sight to witness they are in same Hospital with me 69 in the same room I dont think of any more to say this time so good bye Sis from your Brother E.S. Brown Direct to Fairfax Seminary Hospital.. V.A. you must not put the Regt nor Co on

 

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