Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Gabe: Civil War Journal

September 18, 1862

Dear Diary,
     Man, I got beat up out there in that battle.  It is right after the battle of Antietam and there are more than twenty three thousand casualties in this one battle.  I was close to dying but I jumped out of the way of a bullet but then I got shot right under my kneecap and then right under my shoulder blade.  I want to go and see my  really, really big family.  I don't care about slaves anymore I just want to go home to my family.  Instead I am stuck in a hospital tent in a bed.   Everyone is dying around me and I am in a lot of pain.  I think I will make it out of here.

Melvin Thomas

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