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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 2: Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights—Darnstown, Maryland.--Muddy Branch and Seneca Creek on the Potomac—Winter quarters at Frederick, Md. (search)
l Andrews is still sick; his wife came on Sunday; the measles are diminishing ; he has a comfortable shelter for my horse; gets on with drills respectably, though he can understand an occasional gentle hint to--. Colonel Webster commands the brigade; the new officers have not come, and he is preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving ; also, that Lieutenant J. M. Ellis has resigned, having received an appointment as captain in the commissary department of the volunteer service. On the twenty-eighth of November I returned again to camp, bringing with me as visitors from Boston Messrs. Thomas Motley, W. R. Robeson, and E. F. Bowditch. Our camp, though higher and dryer, was a cheerless spot. Though there were only ten or a dozen cases of measles in the hospital, two or three new ones presented themselves every day, while by day or night sounds of distressing colds and coughs were audible. No watchfulness could ward off sickness, or remove that condition which offered such temptations to